Westhayes is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Westhayes
- WRENN ID
- odd-jade-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Westhayes, Halse
- OS grid reference
- ST 138 279
- Coordinates
- 51.04483, -3.23062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westhayes is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th to early 20th century. It is constructed of rendered rubble and features a steeply pitched double Roman tile roof that has a bell shape, overhanging eaves, and a wooden cornice. There is a brick stack located to the left of the cross passage. The cottage is two stories high and has four bays, with 3-light casements positioned between the first and second bays on the left side. The entrance features a 20th-century plank door that is partially glazed. Additionally, there is a 20th-century weather vane on the right-hand ridge.
Local climate
Westhayes receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 application
- 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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