Percy House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Detached house. 2 related planning applications.
Percy House
- WRENN ID
- iron-pillar-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- Percy House, Babcary, TA11 7ED
- OS grid reference
- ST 565 287
- Coordinates
- 51.05615, -2.62181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Percy House is a detached house dating from the early 19th century, with later 19th-century extensions. Constructed of local grey lias stone, cut and squared, it has a Welsh slate roof of a shallow pitch with stepped coped gables, a cross finial to the north gable, and briar chimney stacks. The two-story west elevation has four bays, with the first bay appearing to be an addition. This bay features a 6-pane sash window and a 6-flush panel door set beneath a margined and diamond-glazed fanlight, sheltered by a timber hood supported on iron scroll brackets. The remaining bays incorporate 16-pane sash windows with voussoired flat heads within plain openings. Lower bay three has a 6-flush panel door set in a semi-circular arched recess with a Regency-style fanlight, the opening defined by single stone slab jambs, impost blocks, and a rustic arch. A small 20th-century extension sits on the east flank. The interior remains unseen. It is believed the house may have functioned as a school and school house during the 19th century.
Local climate
Percy House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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