Herontye and Hollands Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
Herontye and Hollands Orchard
- WRENN ID
- tangled-gable-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Herontye and Hollands Orchard, South Petherton, TA13 5LQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 434 154
- Coordinates
- 50.93574, -2.80556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Herontye and Hollands Orchard are two cottages located in a row of three at the center and south end, likely built in the 18th century. They are constructed from roughly cut and squared ham stone and feature a thatched roof that extends to the north, with a stepped coped gable at the south end and brick chimney stacks. The cottages are two storeys high with four bays and irregular window arrangements.
Herontye has three bays and includes 20th-century casement windows flanking a part-glazed door set in a deep recess, all under timber lintels. Above, there is a 20th-century casement and two early pattern three-light casements, one of which has an iron-framed opening light and is partly set into the thatch. Hollands Orchard, separated by a straight joint, consists of a single bay. It features a three-light horizontal-bar casement window with a timber lintel below, along with a small 20th-century casement inserted to the left. Above is a three-light early pattern casement, also partly set into the thatch. The cottages have a pitched roofed porch with single Roman clay tiles against the south gable and 20th-century casements above. There are lean-to buildings at the rear of both properties, but the interiors were not seen.
Local climate
Herontye and Hollands Orchard 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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