Somerville House and Attached Outbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1982. House.

Somerville House and Attached Outbuilding

WRENN ID
forbidden-thatch-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1982
Type
House
Address
Somerville House and Attached Outbuilding, 17, Main Street, Findern
OS grid reference
SK 307 303
Coordinates
52.87009, -1.54435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Somerville House and the attached outbuilding are located on Main Street in Findern. The house dates from the mid-18th century, while the outbuilding is from the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a plain tile roof, with a brick gable stack and another stack positioned just off the ridge. The building has a dentil cornice and is two storeys high, presenting a symmetrical north elevation with five bays.

The central porch, added in the 19th century, is made of brick and includes an inner doorway with a wedge brick lintel, a 20th-century door, and an overlight. On either side of the porch, there are two glazing bar sash windows with wedge lintels, and five similar windows are located above on the upper floor. A low 19th-century wall with iron railings runs along the front of the property.

Inside, there is an open string staircase featuring two turned balusters per tread, complemented by a moulded and ramped handrail. To the left of the house, there is a carriageway with a pitched tiled roof that connects to a brick barn topped with a Welsh slate roof. The barn has four tiers of blocked breathers on the north side, a window at half height with a door above it, and two windows located beneath the eaves.

Local climate

Somerville House and Attached Outbuilding receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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