Half Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. House.

Half Yard

WRENN ID
silver-floor-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 May 1984
Type
House
Address
Half Yard, West Fitzhead
OS grid reference
ST 115 284
Coordinates
51.04831, -3.26266
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Half Yard is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the early 20th century. The building is rendered over cob and has a slate roof, featuring a "U"-shaped plan with two gabled wings at the rear, each containing a large external stack in the center. It is two stories tall and has three bays. The first floor has two and three-light casement windows, and there is a cantilevered porch supported by console brackets. Inside, the hall is located to the right of the cross passage and includes an open fireplace on the cross passage wall, along with a hollow chamfered beam and a six-compartment ceiling.

Local climate

Half Yard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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