Red Post House and Forecourt Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. House.
Red Post House and Forecourt Railings
- WRENN ID
- pale-footing-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- Red Post House and Forecourt Railings, Butchers Hill, Fivehead
- OS grid reference
- ST 352 233
- Coordinates
- 51.00621, -2.92362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Red Post House is a house dating from the late 18th century. It is built of coursed rubble with brick dressings, has coped verges, brick stacks, and a slate roof. The house features a classical design with two storeys and a main portion that has three bays on one side and one bay on the other. It has sash windows with glazing bars and a fine Ham stone portico, although the door opening is blocked and a 2-light casement has been inserted. There is a single bay wing set back on the left side, which contains 2 and 3-light casements. The forecourt is enclosed by railings with acanthus capping and ornamental gates, and the house occupies a prominent position by the roadside.
Local climate
Red Post House and Forecourt Railings receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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