Brass Mill Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1976. Cottage and workshops. 1 related planning application.

Brass Mill Cottages

WRENN ID
stubborn-lancet-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1976
Type
Cottage and workshops
Address
Brass Mill Cottages, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, BS31 2UG
OS grid reference
ST 658 688
Coordinates
51.41755, -2.49291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brass Mill Cottages is a row of cottages and workshops, now disused, dating from the early 19th century with some alterations from the mid 20th century. The structure is built from squared and coursed rubble with brass slag dressings, brick infilling, and features some concrete lintels. It has a gabled pantile roof with a catslide at the rear.

The building has a long, two-storey plan with an eight-window range. To the south, there are garages, while to the north, there are two cottages that are set parallel to the road. The east courtyard facade includes segmental-headed door openings and mid 20th-century flat-headed garage openings on the ground floor, with paired casements on the upper floor. The jambs of the openings and the quoins are made from pre-cast copper slag blocks. There are three part-glazed garage doors on the left side and plank doors on the right side.

Inside, most partition walls have been removed, and the interiors have been gutted. Historically, these cottages are said to have originally served as the smith's shop, two warehouses, a stable, and four tenements for the brass mill. The cottages form a group with the Old Brass Mill and Avon House.

Local climate

Brass Mill Cottages receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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