Somerset Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Cottage.
Somerset Cottages
- WRENN ID
- weathered-cloister-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Somerset Cottages, 1, A31 Main Road, Bentley
- OS grid reference
- SU 783 439
- Coordinates
- 51.18947, -0.88079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Somerset Cottages, No. 1, is a cottage attached to No. 2, dating from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, with a 20th-century rear extension. The exterior is made of brick and features a tile roof. It includes a late-medieval cruck-built timber-framed hall, which has a large chimney breast and an upper floor. The front (south) elevation has one storey and an attic, with two windows. The roof is half-hipped at the west end and has two gabled dormers. The walls are constructed of red brickwork in Flemish bond, with Monk bond on the south gable, and a cemented plinth beneath tile-hanging. The windows are casements, and there is a boarded door in a plain frame.
Local climate
Somerset Cottages receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
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