Old Ditch Farmhouse and Forecourt Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Old Ditch Farmhouse and Forecourt Wall
- WRENN ID
- vacant-storey-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Ditch Farmhouse and Forecourt Wall, Lynch Lane, Westbury, BA5 1HW
- OS grid reference
- ST 499 494
- Coordinates
- 51.24236, -2.71827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a farmhouse, likely dating from the 17th century with early 19th-century additions. It is constructed of rubble, with a roughcast finish to the front, and has a double Roman tile roof, hipped on the left-hand side. The farmhouse features brick and rubble stacks. The layout is L-shaped. It has two storeys and an attic, with three bays and three-light casement windows. A door opening is situated almost centrally, leading to a six-panelled door with the top two panels glazed. The door is protected by a hood supported on thin wooden posts. A rubble forecourt wall runs along the front, with dressed stone coping. A central gateway is present, with an ornamental wrought iron gate.
Local climate
Old Ditch Farmhouse and Forecourt Wall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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