Tellisford House, Conservatory and Ha Ha Boundary Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Country house. 3 related planning applications.

Tellisford House, Conservatory and Ha Ha Boundary Wall

WRENN ID
dim-niche-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Country house
Address
Tellisford House, Conservatory and Ha Ha Boundary Wall, BA2 7RL
OS grid reference
ST 798 552
Coordinates
51.29604, -2.28998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tellisford House is a country house built in the early 18th century. It is constructed from squared and coursed rubble Doulting stone, featuring an ashlar plinth, quoins, a string course at the first floor level, and a coved cornice. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, incorporating quarter-hipped dormers that have two lights and four panes, topped with iron finials. The house has ashlar Doulting stone stacks with diagonally set flues, although two chimneys have been rebuilt in brick.

The building has two storeys and an attic, with the main entrance located on the north side. The south front features a central octagonal projecting section beneath a hipped roof, with stone-mullioned windows arranged in a pattern of three, four, and three lights. The central projecting bay on the ground floor includes 20-pane sash windows with glazing bars at the margins, topped with 'Y'-tracery, while the first floor has similar 12-pane sash windows, all with dripmoulds.

To the left of the main section is a two-storey wing that features a stone oriel window on the first floor, flanked by stone-framed windows with eight panes and 'Y'-tracery on the ground floor. Beyond this wing, there is an ashlar stone plinth supporting a four-bay octagonal-ended conservatory, which has six pairs of top-hung iron windows in moulded timber frames and an iron windvane. Additionally, there is a stone Ha-Ha boundary wall located 20 meters to the south, extending approximately 80 meters across the full width of the house.

Local climate

Tellisford House, Conservatory and Ha Ha Boundary Wall receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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