Drakes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1958. A C18 Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Drakes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- patient-merlon-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1958
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Drakes Farmhouse, Church Road, Ilton, TA19 9EY
- OS grid reference
- ST 350 173
- Coordinates
- 50.95209, -2.92535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drakes Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse, likely dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of local stone, cut and squared, with a thatched roof punctuated by stepped coped gables and brick chimney stacks. The house has two storeys and originally four bays. The windows are casements, with some frames of an early design, featuring horizontal-bar inserted lights. The upper bay 1 and bay 2 have 3-light windows, while lower bay 2, bays 3, and 4 have 4-light windows. Lower bay 1 has no ground floor window. A boarded door is located to the right of bay 2, set within a plain recess and framed by an open timberwork porch with a pitched roof of painted metal. A small lean-to addition projects from the north gable, featuring a 4-light window with chamfered frame members. The south gable appears to have been rebuilt in brick, and now has 20th-century sash windows.
Local climate
Drakes Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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