Darch House, Railings, Gates and Dwarf Wall Fronting Road is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. House.

Darch House, Railings, Gates and Dwarf Wall Fronting Road

WRENN ID
salt-forge-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
House
Address
Darch House, Railings, Gates and Dwarf Wall Fronting Road, 17, St Andrews Road, Stogursey
OS grid reference
ST 203 428
Coordinates
51.17913, -3.14119
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Darch House is a 17th-century house that was altered in the early 19th century. It features roughcast over random rubble and has a double Roman tiled bell cast roof with brick stacks at the gable ends. The house is two storeys high and has two bays, with early 19th-century three-light leaded iron casements that have quadrant stays. The central doorway is topped with an open pediment that has a fluted frieze supported by console brackets. The door itself is an early 19th-century six-panel design with reeded surrounds and an 18th-century knocker.

Inside, there is a four-panel compartment ceiling with hollow chamfered beams, which have been cut on one side due to the movement of the axial wall. There is evidence of a staircase bay to the right of the fireplace and a curing chamber to the left, along with collar and principal roof structures.

In front of the house, there are railings and a dwarf wall that return on the left side of the property. The railings are made of cast iron with a spearhead design. The gate opposite the entrance features a quatrefoil circle design with C-scrolls in segments, which is similar to the design on the left return. These gates are identical to those at West Kilton Farmhouse in Stringston.

Local climate

Darch House, Railings, Gates and Dwarf Wall Fronting Road receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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