Thorney West Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Thorney West Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- quiet-plinth-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Thorney West Farmhouse, Muchelney, TA10 0DW
- OS grid reference
- ST 428 235
- Coordinates
- 51.00817, -2.81535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorney West Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of local lias stone, squared and cut, with dressings of Ham stone. The roof is thatched, with coped gables and stone chimney stacks. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a random arrangement of six bays. It features ovolo-mould mullioned windows with a continuous, stepped string course linking the labels of all ground floor windows. The ground floor windows have varying numbers of lights, consisting of 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, and 1 lights. Above, there are three-light windows between bays 1 and 2 and bays 4 and 5, with double two-light windows between bays 3 and 4. A cambered arched doorway is located between bays 3 and 4. Lean-to outbuildings adjoin the north-west gable. The south-east gable has a moulded offset at first floor level, with two two-light mullioned windows below and a single one above, all with individual labels. An outshut is situated at the rear of the property. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Thorney West Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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