Higher Sea House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1958. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Higher Sea House
- WRENN ID
- sacred-grate-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1958
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Higher Sea House, Donyatt, TA19 0SB
- OS grid reference
- ST 349 129
- Coordinates
- 50.91249, -2.92652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Sea House is a detached cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble, incorporating some large stones, and has a thatched roof with coped gables and brick chimney stacks. The building is in an L-shaped plan. The east-facing elevation, which is three bays wide, has a gabled end to the first bay, now rendered and featuring 20th-century small-pane casement windows and a 20th-century glazed door. The upper windows in bays 2 and 3 are two-light casements, while the lower window in bay 3 is a three-light casement, both with small panes. A plain doorway with an ashlar surround and a boarded door with a glazed panel, set within an open timber and tiled porch, is located below bay 2, with a matching window to the return. A 20th-century extension has been added to the rear.
Local climate
Higher Sea House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- 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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