Petherton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Petherton Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Petherton Cottage, 31, East Street, Ilminster, TA19 0AN
- OS grid reference
- ST 362 145
- Coordinates
- 50.927, -2.90824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Petherton Cottage is an early 19th century cottage situated at a right angle to the road, with its gable end facing the street. The construction is limestone rubble with brick dressings around the window openings. It is roofed with slate, featuring stepped stone coping, moulded kneelers, and a brick stack to the gable end. The building is on a trapezoid plan.
The two-storey west front has a three-window range. A flight of steps leads to a 20th century planked door, positioned slightly to the left of centre, flanked by a three-light window to the right and a two-light window to the left, both beneath wooden lintels. Two further windows are 20th century insertions to the far left. The south-facing street front has a two-light casement window on each floor, the ground floor window being approximately 3 metres above street level.
The interior’s date is uncertain, though there is reportedly a well located under the kitchen at the rear of the property. The cottage is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Petherton Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 — 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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