Whaddon House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. House. 1 related planning application.
Whaddon House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-footing-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whaddon House, Whaddon Hill, Bruton, South Somerset, BA10 0QB
- OS grid reference
- ST 689 366
- Coordinates
- 51.12855, -2.44559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whaddon House is a detached house that dates from the 18th century, possibly incorporating earlier elements. It is constructed from local stone that has been rendered and colourwashed, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof and featuring brick chimney stacks. The house has two storeys with attics and a three-bay main facade facing west. It includes sash windows in plain openings, with traceried glazing bars below and 16 panes above. The central door is a six-panel design set within a 20th-century open portico surround. The centre bay is gabled, featuring a semi-circular attic window. On the north-west corner, there is a one-storey extension with a low roof behind a parapet, which has mullioned windows under labels. Some 18th-century features remain inside, including doors and doorcases, although many have been modified. The earliest known mention of the house is from 1739, when it belonged to Mr. Francis Hill, but it may date back further.
Local climate
Whaddon House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- 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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