38 and 38a, St James's Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1988. A C18 Shop, house. 1 related planning application.
38 and 38a, St James's Street
- WRENN ID
- tattered-sandstone-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1988
- Type
- Shop, house
- Address
- 38 and 38a, St James's Street, South Petherton, TA13 5BW
- OS grid reference
- ST 432 169
- Coordinates
- 50.94956, -2.80948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century shop and house located at the end of a row in St James's Street, South Petherton. The building is constructed of ham stone rubble, with the front face rendered and colourwashed. It has a thatched roof with a plain gable on the north side, a south abutment, and a brick chimney stack.
The building is two storeys high with an attic, and has two bays. The upper floor features two three-light casement windows of an early design, each with an iron-framed central opening light. The ground floor has simple display windows: the first bay has a three-light window with mullions, and the second bay a square bay window with a 1+3+1 light arrangement, matching the mullioned window. A part-glazed door sits between these windows. A 20th-century door recessed and accessed by three steps, alongside two small casement windows, are located on the north gable. A rendered extension is present at the rear. The interior of the building has not been inspected.
Local climate
38 and 38a, St James's Street 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 — 2 transactions since 2014
- 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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