Wadbury Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Farmhouse.

Wadbury Farmhouse

WRENN ID
quiet-ledge-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Wadbury Farmhouse, Woodlands End, Mells
OS grid reference
ST 730 490
Coordinates
51.2397, -2.38687
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wadbury Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse constructed from Doulting rubble, featuring coped verges and a tiled roof with rubble ridge stacks, two of which are rendered on the right side. This vernacular building has two storeys and an attic, consisting of five bays. It includes two and three-light moulded stone mullioned windows, with the two on the ground floor to the right having stopped labels. The door opening is nearly central and is topped by a gabled 20th-century half-glazed porch. Inside, there is a 19th-century six-panelled inner door, with the top two panels being glazed.

Local climate

Wadbury Farmhouse receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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