Higher House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. A C18 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Higher House
- WRENN ID
- half-balcony-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher House, High Street, Lydford-On-Fosse, TA11 7DG
- OS grid reference
- ST 565 316
- Coordinates
- 51.08217, -2.62229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher House is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the 18th century, with external features from the late 18th century and early 19th century. The building is constructed of coursed and squared lias stone and has a thatched roof with renewed 19th century brick stacks and coped verges. It has an asymmetrical T-plan and is two storeys high, featuring three bays on one side and one bay on the other. The first floor has three-light casements under wooden lintels, while the ground floor has flush mounted 16-pane sash windows also under wooden lintels. The door opening is located in the second bay from the left and features paired three-panelled doors with a thatched and gabled hood supported by console brackets. There is a wing at right angles to the rear, designed in a matching style. Inside, the ground floor includes some wainscot panelling and two niche cupboards with shell hoods in the left ground floor room.
Local climate
Higher 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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