Southernhay, with Front Boundary Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Detached house.

Southernhay, with Front Boundary Railings

WRENN ID
over-pillar-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1986
Type
Detached house
Address
Southernhay, with Front Boundary Railings, the Hill, Langport
OS grid reference
ST 421 267
Coordinates
51.03741, -2.82605
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Southernhay is a detached house built around 1840. It has a rendered exterior and a Welsh slate roof with large overhangs on plain gables, along with brick chimney stacks at each end. The house is two storeys high and has three bays, featuring plain pilasters for each bay, which are doubled at the corners. There are cill and head course bands, and on the first floor, there are 12-pane sash windows in plain openings. The central entrance has a 4-panelled door topped with a rectangular fanlight that features heavy Chippendale style glazing.

To the west, there is a garage extension with a triple clay tiled roof, and to the east, there is a later link wing leading to a stable gateway with an arch and a yard that contains outbuildings, which are not of special interest. The interior has not been seen.

The front boundary railings are located to the south and are attached to the southwest corner of the house. They are made of wrought iron, featuring twisted spear-points and anthemion cast finials on curve-braced standards. These railings match those of the Pound enclosure to the south and contribute to the streetscape value.

Local climate

Southernhay, with Front Boundary Railings 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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