Somerville Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1966. House.
Somerville Cottage
- WRENN ID
- final-pinnacle-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Somerville Cottage, the Square, Bayton
- OS grid reference
- SO 692 732
- Coordinates
- 52.35679, -2.45225
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Somerville Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, which was remodelled in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick, with part of the south end and rear rendered, and features a plain tiled roof. The building has an L-plan layout, with the main section being a three-bay range oriented north to south. This section includes a large chimney in the northernmost bay, which has a diagonal brick ridge stack, suggesting a probable lobby-entry plan. There is a rear wing of one bay to the north-west.
The cottage is a single storey with an attic that has dormers and a cellar. A two-course band runs at the first floor level. On the west front elevation, there are two ground floor three-light casement windows with gauged flat heads, and a central gabled dormer also featuring a three-light casement. The entrance is located at the north end, which has a lean-to porch supported by brackets and a 20th-century door. The gable ends have attic lights, and a single-course band steps to form a hood above these lights. Additionally, there are two square cellar windows at the south gable end. The interior has not been inspected but is reported to retain some framing. Somerville Cottage is part of a group of buildings surrounding The Square.
Local climate
Somerville 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 lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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