West Hayes is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. House.
West Hayes
- WRENN ID
- first-newel-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- West Hayes, 5, South Street, South Petherton
- OS grid reference
- ST 434 167
- Coordinates
- 50.94706, -2.80608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Hayes is a semi-detached house dated 1741 on the north gable end and modified in the 19th century. It is constructed of ham stone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof with a steep pitch, coped gables, and a parapet on the west facade. The building has brick end chimney stacks and consists of two storeys with an attic, arranged in three bays.
It has a plinth, cornice, and a plain parapet with moulded coping. The upper section contains 16-pane sash windows in plain openings. The outer bays feature angled bay windows with flat roofs, which include 8+16+8 pane sashes supported by fluted angle piers. The lower bay two has a six-flush-panel door in a plain opening, accompanied by an open stone porch that has very thin fluted Ionic columns and pilasters, a plain entablature, and a flat roof. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
West Hayes receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
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