Cattle Shelter Bounding West Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Cattle shelter.

Cattle Shelter Bounding West Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm

WRENN ID
moated-pavement-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1988
Type
Cattle shelter
Address
Cattle Shelter Bounding West Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm, Moortown Lane, Fivehead
OS grid reference
ST 378 232
Coordinates
51.00567, -2.88747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cattle shelter built in the late 18th century, originally part of the former Burton Pysent estate in the parish of Curry Rivel. The structure is long and low, featuring 17 bays constructed of brick with a tiled roof. The front is supported by Ham stone columns, although some bays have been later infilled with brick, weatherboarding, and concrete block. This building is an important part of a significant group of 18th-century farm buildings surrounding a barton.

Local climate

Cattle Shelter Bounding West Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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