South Farmhouse, and front boundary walling is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. House. 2 related planning applications.
South Farmhouse, and front boundary walling
- WRENN ID
- cold-pilaster-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- South Farmhouse, and front boundary walling, 27, South Street, South Petherton, TA13 5AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 435 165
- Coordinates
- 50.94564, -2.80497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Farmhouse and its front boundary walling are a detached house dated 1700. The house is constructed of ham stone with squared ashlar dressings and has a thatched roof with coped gables and stone chimney stacks, one featuring a traditional baffle. The south elevation, which faces the road at a right angle, has four bays. It features ovolo-mould mullioned windows set within wave-mould recesses, with four lights in most bays, except the lower bay one and upper bay three, which have two lights. A continuous label runs above the upper windows, extending around the west gable as a hood. All windows have rectangular leaded panes; the lower bay three has a two-light window adapted with a part-glazed door, and bay two contains a cambered arched doorway with a 20th-century door.
A four-light hollow-chamfer mullioned window in a wave-mould recess is visible in the west gable’s ground floor, likely dating to the 19th century, as evidence of a deeper opening remains in the stonework. Above this, two two-light ovolo-mould mullioned windows with separate labels are present, along with small single-light windows in the attic. At the top of this gable is a square plaque inscribed "W/RS/1700" within an elaborate border. A 19th-century lean-to was added to the north side and subsequently altered in the later 20th century.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to contain a fireplace with stone jambs and a crossbeam, plasterwork to the hall with a coved ceiling, one stone doorway with ovolo moulding, and a collar-truss roof.
A wall approximately 2 metres high extends from the southwest corner of the house along its street frontage, constructed to match the house’s materials, with thin angled coping and a simple opening for a wooden gate at its midpoint. This wall contributes to the setting of the house.
The front boundary walling is of a similar construction and height, creating an appropriate setting.
Local climate
South Farmhouse, and front boundary walling 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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