Hurds Hill House and Courtyard Walling is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. A Georgian Country house. 2 related planning applications.
Hurds Hill House and Courtyard Walling
- WRENN ID
- quartered-tower-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Country house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Hurds Hill House and Courtyard Walling, Langport Westover, Curry Rivel, TA10 0ND
- OS grid reference
- ST 412 264
- Coordinates
- 51.03475, -2.83971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hurds Hill House is a country house built in the late 18th century. It features a rendered exterior designed to resemble ashlar stone, with hipped slate roofs and wooden eaves cornices. The house has tall ashlar stacks topped with ornamental capping and is influenced by the style of Sir John Soane.
The front of the house has three bays and is two storeys high. The outer bays, made of Ham stone ashlar, project on the ground floor and contain sash windows with glazing bars arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern. Above the windows, there is an entablature with a cornice that continues between the bays, forming a portico supported by two square columns. The first floor maintains this style with a continuous portico featuring ten square columns and triangular pediments on the outer bays.
The central doorway is recessed and includes French windows, a fanlight, and sidelights. The returns of the house also conform to this architectural style. Inside, the house has contemporary fittings, including notable chimneypieces. The courtyard is enclosed by stone balustrading topped with obelisk finials.
Local climate
Hurds Hill House and Courtyard Walling receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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