Axe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Axe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- waiting-banister-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Axe Farmhouse, Axe Lane, West Crewkerne, DT8 3RJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 414 060
- Coordinates
- 50.85074, -2.8325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Axe Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed from ham stone ashlar and near-ashlar, with Welsh slate roofs that feature stepped coped gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and is arranged in a 2+3 bay configuration.
The northern section, likely from the 19th century, is set lower and consists of two bays. It features hollow-chamfer mullioned windows in charred recesses, with rectangular-headed windows on the first floor that are three-light without labels, and on the ground floor that are four- and three-light with labels. To the left of the first bay, there is a 20th-century part-glazed door in a plain opening.
The southern section is probably from the 18th century, with a higher roof that has a shallower pitch. It includes 12-pane sash windows in plain openings. In the lower bay two, there is a part-glazed door with a fanlight set in a semi-circular arched opening, which is protected by a gabled open stone porch featuring a semi-circular outer arch. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
Axe Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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