The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- sombre-niche-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Church Lane, North Perrott, TA18 7SJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 473 094
- Coordinates
- 50.88236, -2.74962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a detached house that was formerly the rectory. It dates from the 18th century and was modified in the 19th century. The building is constructed of ham stone ashlar and features Welsh slate roofs with stepped coped gables, along with brick and stone chimney stacks. The house has an 'L' plan and is two storeys high with attics, presenting a three-bay east elevation. It has a plinth, cornice, and a shallow parapet. The ground floor includes pairs of French doors, while the first floor features 12-pane sash windows with plain raised surrounds and 4-pane sidelights in the outer bays. The attic has segmental-arched lead-roofed dormers with casement windows in each bay.
On the north elevation, there are five bays, with the first three being part of a two-storey flat-roofed extension against the main gable, and the fourth and fifth bays forming a lower two-storey extension to the west. This elevation also has a plinth, band course, cornice, and parapet. Bays one and two contain 2-light windows with plain mullions and architraves, while bay three features an angled bay with a configuration of 1+2+1 lights. Between bays one and two, there is a doorway with Doric pilasters, an entablature, and a flat hood, leading to a six-panel door accessed by two steps. There are two windows on the east return. Bay four has a matching 2-light window above, and bay five has a small-pane casement. Projecting from the lower bay four is a single-storey wing with a plain roof. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Old House 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- 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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