The Happy Return Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Happy Return Public House
- WRENN ID
- salt-transept-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1976
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Happy Return Public House, East Street, Chard Town, TA20 1EP
- OS grid reference
- ST 326 087
- Coordinates
- 50.87395, -2.95864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Happy Return Public House is a building that originated as two houses, now combined into one property. It dates from the early 19th century. The left-hand house features a stucco exterior, a pantile roof, stepped stone copings, and a brick stack at the right gable end. It has a double-depth, symmetrical central-staircase layout, standing two storeys tall with a three-window range. The Regency-style doorcase includes a six-panel door with glazed top panels. All windows in this section are late 19th-century sashes with forward frames and three panes over three, except for the window above the door, which has two panes over two. The right-hand section, which was a former house built around 1840, also has a double-depth plan with a staircase hall to the right. This section is two storeys high with a two-window range and features original eight-over-eight pane sash windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Happy Return Public House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 65% 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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