Barren Down House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1969. House.
Barren Down House
- WRENN ID
- north-balcony-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- Barren Down House, Leg Square, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5LL
- OS grid reference
- ST 620 437
- Coordinates
- 51.19215, -2.54436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barren Down House is a house dating from around 1800, constructed of limestone rubble with some rendered areas and freestone detailing. It features a slate mansard roof with dormers and ashlar stacks. This late Georgian townhouse comprises two distinct sections. The main part has two bays and is two stories high with an attic, showcasing sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded architraves and a moulded eaves cornice. Attached to the left is a subsidiary block of lesser height, which is two stories tall and has six bays with flush-mounted sash windows also featuring glazing bars. There are two doorways; the main entrance on the left has a moulded stone architrave with a hood supported by shaped brackets, a decorated fanlight, and a six-panelled door. The secondary door on the right side has a plain surround.
Local climate
Barren Down House 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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