Listed Buildings – North Petherton

No.	Listed building / structure	Grade	Area	Description and relevant information
1	1, Church Walk	II	North Petherton	C17 house rebuilt or heavily altered in the C19; rendered two-storey building with tiled roof, brick stacks and traditional casement windows.
2	1–7 St Mary’s Court	II	North Petherton	Former George Hotel / coaching inn, early C17 with later C18 and C19 alterations; later converted into seven dwellings. Important for its coaching-inn history and surviving early fabric.
3	11, Hamnet Street	II	North Petherton	Late C18 house; pebbledash/rendered finish, symmetrical three-bay frontage, sash windows and central six-panel door.
4	2, Old Road	II	Compass	Early C19 house with roughcast exterior, three-bay front, casement windows and a six-panel door beneath a small hood.
5	Appel Cottage / South Dene	II	North Newton	Pair of attached C17 cottages, altered in the C19 and C20; rendered walls, tiled roof and brick stacks.
6	Ash Cottage	II	North Petherton	C17 thatched cottage with decorative Gothick casements, bonnet hoods and foliate plaster surrounds.
7	Ball Farmhouse	II	Woolmersdon	C16 farmhouse with C19 alterations; L-plan layout, cruck roof, broad fireplaces and traditional rural character.
8	Batts House	II	North Petherton	Late C18 brick house with ashlar quoins, tiled roof, sash windows and two-storey canted bays.
9	Boomer Farmhouse	II*	North Petherton area	Small manor house/farmhouse; includes C17/C18 phases, a rainwater head dated 1681 and notable interiors with plasterwork, fireplaces and staircase.
10	Boringdon House Woodlee	II	North Petherton	House of 1815, now divided; classical frontage with Tuscan columns, fanlight and surviving interior details including ornamental plasterwork.
11	Church Farmhouse	II	North Newton	C17 farmhouse with C19 external treatment; tiled roof, brick stacks and surviving cruck roof structure.
12	Church of St Mary	I	North Petherton	Parish church dedicated in the C12, mainly C15 and early C16 Perpendicular work with later C19 restoration. The west tower is especially important; interior features include a C14 font, Perpendicular pulpit and historic woodwork. (British Listed Buildings)
13	Church of St Michael	II	St Michael Church / Tuckerton	Small Anglican church with Norman origins, C15 work and C19 restoration/extension linked to the Slade family of Maunsel House.
14	Church of St Peter	II*	North Newton	North Newton parish church; tower has early origins and was altered in 1635, while the body of the church was rebuilt in 1885. Notable for Jacobean fittings.
15	Church of St Peter and St John	II	Moorland / Northmoor Green	Anglican church built in 1844 by Benjamin Ferrey in Perpendicular style; contains late C19 fittings and some older Jacobean/medieval features.
16	Church Orchard	II	North Newton	C17 house with C19 features; roughcast walls, tiled roofs and irregular casement windows.
17	Coach House west of Boomer Farmhouse	II	North Petherton area	C18 rubble coach house with pantile roof, pedimented gable and semi-circular brick door surround.
18	Coach House east of Shovel House	II	North Petherton	Early C19 Gothick coach house with Diocletian/oval windows and reused historic stonework, including a 1643 datestone.
19	Combined Non-Conformist and Anglican Mortuary Chapels	II	Compass cemetery	Late C19 cemetery chapels in Decorated Gothic style, built of rubble with slate roofs and a small tower/spire feature.
20	Coxhill Bridge	II	Northmoor Corner	Brick public road bridge on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, dating from 1824–27, with a single elliptical arch.
21	Coxhill Farmhouse	II	Northmoor Corner	C16 thatched farmhouse with roughcast walls, two-storey three-bay front and traditional rural detailing.
22	Dairy Mead Lodge to Maunsel House	II	St Michael Church	C18 and mid-C19 estate lodge; cottage-ornee character with thatch, verandah, rustic supports and Gothic detailing.
23	Derelict House at Lower Rydon Farm	II	Rydon	C16 house with cob/rubble construction and cross-passage plan; partly collapsed by the time of survey but retains important early structural remains.
24	Dower House	II	North Petherton	Early C19 Gothick house with rubble walls, slate roof, marginal-light casements and trellis/verandah-style porch.
25	Gate Piers and Gates west of Church of St Peter	II	North Newton	Late C18 rusticated ashlar gate piers with wrought-iron gates; important for group value with St Peter’s Church.
26	Gateway and Flight of Steps to Great House Farmhouse	II	North Newton	C18 roadside entrance feature with brick piers, stone steps, flanking walls and ornamental finials.
27	Gazebo west of Shovel House	II	North Petherton	Early C19 circular cottage-ornee gazebo with conical tiled roof, ball finial and rustic verandah.
28	Goodings Farmhouse	II	North Petherton area	C16/C17 farmhouse with later features; colourwashed rubble, tiled roof, L-plan form and traditional mullioned/casement windows.
29	Granary at rear of Maunsel House	II	St Michael Church	C19 raised timber granary, weatherboarded and set on stone staddles, with pyramidal slate roof and lantern.
30	Great House Farmhouse	II	North Newton	C17 manor house later used as a farmhouse; includes rear stair turret and interior ornamental plaster cornices.
31	Haddon Farmhouse	II	North Petherton area	C16/C17 farmhouse with C18 and later alterations; rendered front, tiled roof, ridge stacks and rear wing.
32	Hawkes	II	North Petherton	C18 thatched cottage with roughcast walls, brick stack and casement windows.
33	Hayes	II	Huntworth	Early C19 house with Gothick pointed French windows and verandah; part of the Huntworth group of historic houses.
34	Heathfield Farmhouse	II	Compass	C17 farmhouse with C19 alterations; colourwashed render, pantile roof, brick stacks, casements and gabled porch.
35	Hedging Barton	II	Hedging	C14/C15 open-hall house, later floored in the C17; important for jointed-cruck roof, screen and early domestic interior features.
36	Higher Maunsell Bridge and Higher Maunsell Lock No. 4	II	St Michael Church / canal	Canal bridge and lock of 1824–27 on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal; includes distinctive lock machinery and restored canal engineering.
37	Huntworth House	II	Huntworth	C17/C18 small country house with C19 alterations; long frontage, mixed sash/casement windows, turret/cupola and weathervane.
38	Huntworth Park House	II	Huntworth	C17/C18 farmhouse later used as a house; five-bay front with casement windows and tiled verandah.
39	Impens Farmhouse	II	North Newton	C16/C17 farmhouse with later changes; mullioned windows and notable interior including panelling and a carved overmantel dated 1649.
40	King’s House	II	North Newton	C17 house remodelled and extended in the late C18 and C19; retains early plan evidence and late Georgian/early C19 joinery.
41	Lower Maunsell Bridge and Lower Maunsell Lock No. 3	II	St Michael Church / canal	1824–27 canal bridge and lock on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, restored in the C20; important canal-engineering feature.
42	Magnolia House	II	North Petherton	C18 house with early C19 alterations; Flemish-bond brick, rusticated quoins, sash-window frontage and tiled roof.
43	Maunsel House	II*	St Michael Church	Late C14/early C15 country house with many later phases, including additions by Richard Carver in 1827–28 for General Slade. Notable for medieval roof, C17 panelling and later formal rooms. (British Listed Buildings)
44	Monument to Andrew Moore, St Peter’s churchyard	II	North Newton	Chest tomb dated 1616 to Andrew Moore, near the west end of St Peter’s Church; dressed stone with raised panels and inscriptions.
45	Moorland Court Farmhouse	II	Andersea / Moorland area	Early C19 farmhouse with symmetrical classical frontage, sash windows and central six-panel door.
46	Newton House	II	North Newton	Late C16/early C17 house with C18 rear wing; features stone surrounds and notable interior plaster/framed ceiling work.
47	No. 83 and roadside wall	II	North Petherton	Late C18 Flemish-bond brick house with hipped roof, symmetrical five-bay frontage, sash windows and listed roadside wall/piers.
48	Nonum	II	North Petherton	Late C18 brick house in Clare Street, now divided into two dwellings; pantile roof, sash windows and traditional doorways.
49	Orchard House	II	Woolmersdon	C16/C17 thatched house with C18 alterations; single storey with attic, leaded casements and hooded entrance.
50	Parsonage Farmhouse	II	Fordgate	C17 farmhouse with C19 Gothick treatment; distinctive front buttresses and casement windows.
51	Petherton Park House and Manor House Farm	II	Petherton Park	C17 country house now two dwellings; long eleven-bay front, mullioned/transomed windows and surviving interior panelling, staircase and plasterwork. The entry received a minor amendment in 2025. (British Listed Buildings)
52	Railings and Gateway to St Mary’s Churchyard	II	North Petherton	Churchyard boundary feature dated 1852; spear-headed wrought-iron railings, gate piers, paired gates and lamp overthrow.
53	Range of Stables and Coach House near Maunsel House	II	St Michael Church	C17/C18 stable and coach-house range with L-plan layout, mullioned/transomed windows and clock feature; important for Maunsel House group value.
54	Remains of Churchyard Cross, St Mary’s Churchyard	II*	North Petherton	C15 churchyard cross base with octagonal steps and socket stone; shaft and head missing. Also noted as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
55	Rhode Farmhouse	II	Rhode	C17 farmhouse restored in 1855; rubble walls, brick quoins, tiled roof and stone-mullioned windows.
56	Sellicks Farmhouse	II	North Newton	C18 farmhouse with roughcast finish, tiled roof and leaded iron casements; name linked to an Archdeacon of Bath associated with Dunwear Manor.
57	Shovel Cottage	II	North Petherton	C17 thatched cross-passage cottage with exposed beams and broad fireplace.
58	Shovel House	II	North Petherton	Early C19 small country house with symmetrical brick front, sash windows, balcony porch, rear verandah and good interior plasterwork.
59	Spitgrove	II	North Petherton	Late C18 roughcast house with three-bay front, sash windows, pantile roof and central six-panel door.
60	Steps Farmhouse	II	North Newton	Circa 1600 thatched farmhouse, named for its raised stone steps to the entrance; retains jointed crucks and early fireplace details.
61	The Chantry	II	Rhode	C17 farmhouse/house with cross-passage plan, mullioned windows and plaster overmantel dated 1655; minor list amendment made in 2022.
62	The Malt House	II	North Petherton	Early C19 house on Mill Street; rubble walls with brick quoins, hipped slate roof, sash windows and central panelled door.
63	The Minster Nursing Home	II	North Petherton	Former vicarage/house, C17 or earlier, remodelled in the 1830s–1840s and later converted to nursing home; Gothic windows and historic interior features.
64	Two pairs of gate piers at Petherton Park House / Manor House Farm	II	Petherton Park	C19 brick gate piers with moulded stone caps and pineapple finials; listed for group value with the house.
65	Unidentified monument south of St Mary’s south aisle	II	St Mary’s Churchyard	C17 chest tomb with head niches and moulded slab top; part of the St Mary’s churchyard group.
66	Unidentified monument adjacent to St Mary’s south doorway	II	St Mary’s Churchyard	C17/C18 dressed-stone chest tomb with unusual canted ends; noted as partly obscured by ivy at survey.
67	United Reform Church, including front wall and railings	II	North Petherton	Congregational chapel built 1833, remodelled 1869, with Sunday school added in 1922; classical frontage, gallery interior, benches, rostrum and front iron railings. (British Listed Buildings)
68	War Memorial in churchyard	II	Moorland / Northmoor Green	First World War memorial, probably erected in the 1920s; granite Celtic-style cross commemorating twelve local men, with group value beside the Church of St Peter and St John. (British Listed Buildings)
69	West Newton Farmhouse	II	West Newton	Early C19 rendered farmhouse with rusticated quoins, hipped slate roof, sash-window frontage and trellis porch.
70	West Newton Manor	II*	West Newton	Manor house with core of about 1346, remodelled in the C17 for the Cheek family; porch inscription dated 1622, remains of aisled hall and C17 staircase. (British Listed Buildings)
71	Winslade Farmhouse	II	Moorland	C17 farmhouse with C19 alterations and additions; irregular one- and two-storey frontage with mixed sash and casement windows.
72	Woolmersdon House	II	Woolmersdon	Early C19 small country villa; rendered and scribed to resemble ashlar, hipped slate roofs, sash windows with marginal lights and rear stairlight with coloured glass. Minor list amendment made in 2024.