Islets Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Islets Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- late-solder-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Islets Farmhouse, Kingstone, TA17 8TB
- OS grid reference
- ST 392 133
- Coordinates
- 50.91602, -2.8651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Islets Farmhouse is a detached cottage with origins dating back to the 17th century, which was remodeled in the 19th century. It is constructed from cut and squared ham stone and features a Bridgwater patent interlocking clay tiled roof with bargeboarded gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has a 'T'-plan layout and consists of two storeys with three bays.
The windows are small-pane casements set under timber lintels, with 20 panes in the lower outside bays, 15 panes above, and 12 panes in the upper centre bay. The upper windows have bargeboarded dormer roofs. In the lower bay two, there is a 19th-century part-glazed door beneath a timber hood supported by plain timber posts. There are single-storey extensions on the north gable.
The south gable features a hollow-chamfered mullioned window set in a chamfered recess with a label, which is a two-light window with external ferramenta and a 20th-century casement above. Extending from the southeast corner is a long single-storey extension with a double Roman clay tiled roof, along with a further 19th-century extension at the rear of the house. The interior has not been seen, but the owner reports that it includes an earlier roof frame with some thatch still in place.
Local climate
Islets Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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