Barn and Courtyard Buildings at Rainbow Wood Farmhouse and Attached Walls
BARN AND COURTYARD BUILDINGS AT RAINBOW WOOD FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS, CLAVERTON DOWN ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1394176
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Barn and Courtyard Buildings at Rainbow Wood Farmhouse and Attached Walls
- Statutory Address:
- BARN AND COURTYARD BUILDINGS AT RAINBOW WOOD FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS, CLAVERTON DOWN ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1394176
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Barn and Courtyard Buildings at Rainbow Wood Farmhouse and Attached Walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- BARN AND COURTYARD BUILDINGS AT RAINBOW WOOD FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS, CLAVERTON DOWN ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BARN AND COURTYARD BUILDINGS AT RAINBOW WOOD FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS, CLAVERTON DOWN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7752263721
Details
05/08/75
CLAVERTON DOWN ROAD
(South side (off))
Barn and courtyard buildings at Rainbow Wood Farmhouse and attached walls (Formerly Listed as: CLAVERTON DOWN ROAD Rainbow Wood Farmhouse. Barn and Cottage at Rainbow Wood Farmhouse)
GV
II
Barn, dairy and courtyard, with entrance gatepiers. Late C17, mid C18 with late C19 alterations.
MATERIALS: Barn in squared limestone rubble, with double Roman tile roof.
PLAN: Long gabled range, attached left to Farmhouse (qv), with coped gable to saddlestone, and extended.
EXTERIOR: Two storey buildings. Central full height plank doors are set flush; to left two oculi with flush stone surrounds, above lean-to. To right of doors are five rows of pigeon openings, above three two-light stone-mullioned casements with transom, members with face beading, beneath weathered string, cut back, left. Beyond main barn rough arched opening with plank door. Outer face has large lean-to to left, with pantile roof.
INTERIOR: Barn in eight bays, with king-post trusses, and with floors either side of brick threshing floor. Return range has small two storey range with plank door at head of steep flight of stone steps, then two large conjoined C19 gabled units brought forward into yard, with wide plank openings. Rear of this range has rubble to ground floor, but ashlar above, with tall eight-pane casements. Linking outbuildings with farmhouse is tall (approx 3m) rubble wall, with lean-to on internal face, at house end, then pair of large square ashlar gatepiers with bold cappings on bed-mould, to opening approx 3.5m wide, but with no gates.
Listing NGR: ST7752263721
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 509575
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 19-Jun-2026 at 17:44:35.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.