Milton Farmhouse and Front Boundary Wall with Mounting Block is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Farmhouse.

Milton Farmhouse and Front Boundary Wall with Mounting Block

WRENN ID
roaming-cinder-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1961
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Milton Farmhouse and Front Boundary Wall with Mounting Block, Milton Lane, Ash
OS grid reference
ST 469 218
Coordinates
50.99379, -2.75696
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milton Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse, with possibly earlier fragments, located on the north side of Milton Lane. It features a near-ashlar ham stone construction and a double Roman clay tile roof, with a coped west gable and a plain east gable. The building has a complex plan and stands two storeys tall, with a south elevation comprising three bays. The windows are ovolo-moulded mullioned windows, with configurations of 4, 2, and 2 lights above, and 4 and 2 lights below. The third bay has a separate label, while the first bay has a continuous stepped label. The flat-arched doorway in the second bay features a Regency pattern part-glazed door.

There is a significant single-storey extension to the south of the east gable, which may incorporate features from the earlier part of the house. This extension includes a moulded single-light window under a hood in the west gable. Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to have a four-panel ceiling with deep chamfered beams in the hall, and a camber-arched fireplace with a deep stone lintel, along with a matching stone doorway. A similar fireplace is found in the west room, with a smaller version in the room above. The roofs have been somewhat modified.

The farmhouse is accompanied by a boundary wall made of ashlar, extending from the south-west corner for about 6 meters before returning to meet the south-east extension. This wall stands about 1.5 meters high on average and features curved upsweeps at the ends, a corner, and a gateway opposite the door, which has urn finials. There are 20th-century wrought-iron gates that lead up two steps to the entrance, and against the south gable of the extension, there is a five-step mounting block.

Local climate

Milton Farmhouse and Front Boundary Wall with Mounting Block 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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