Norwood Park Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1950. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.

Norwood Park Farmhouse

WRENN ID
watchful-wicket-rain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1950
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Norwood Park Farmhouse, Glastonbury, BA6 8JS
OS grid reference
ST 525 389
Coordinates
51.14807, -2.67964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Norwood Park Farmhouse, dating to around 1480, was originally built as a residence for the abbots of Glastonbury. The construction incorporates blue lias and rubble with some ashlar dressings. The building consists of two gabled and buttressed wings, with substantial modern extensions on each side. It has pantile roofs, and the left gable features a parapet with a saddle-stone. An original first-floor window with two pointed lights under a square head is visible, along with a small quatrefoil in the right-hand gable. A four-centred archway is present to the right. Restored or modern windows with two and three lights, arranged as mullions, are incorporated throughout.

The main east-facing front shows a gable to the right with diagonal buttresses and a raised parapet featuring a saddle-stone. A projecting central bay extends through both storeys, featuring stringcourses and a crenellated parapet. This bay has three windows with paired pointed lights under rectangular heads, with additional single lights on the sides. An inset carved panel displays a mitre and the initials "I S" (John de Selwode) above the ground floor. A small, one-storey porch was added in 1910.

The internal structure of the medieval section remains largely original, with moulded beams in both ground and first-floor rooms. An original internal partition with a door survives on the upper floor. Despite subsequent additions, the farmhouse is recognized as an important building within the Glastonbury monastic estate.

Local climate

Norwood Park Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Flood risk assessment
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