Vernon House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Residential. 4 related planning applications.
Vernon House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-casement-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Vernon House, 34, Martock, TA12 6JZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 456 184
- Coordinates
- 50.96287, -2.77472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Vernon House is a detached house dating to the early 19th century, situated at No. 34 Hurst in Martock. The front of the building is constructed of finely dressed ham stone ashlar, while the sides and rear are of squared rubble. The roof is covered in asbestos cement slate and features brick chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high and has three bays. It has a plinth and contains 12-pane sash windows set in plain surrounds with keystoned lintels. A Regency-style six-panel door is positioned under a fanlight in a semi-circular arched recess, located in the lower bay of the second window. The interior of the building has not been inspected.
Local climate
Vernon House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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