Downside House is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Downside House
- WRENN ID
- white-parapet-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Downside House, Red Hill, Camerton, BA2 0NY
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 580
- Coordinates
- 51.32034, -2.45791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downside House is a house built around 1820. It features coursed rubble construction and a slate roof with raised, coped verges. The building has three storeys and three windows across the front. On the ground floor, there are tri-partite windows with a plain surround and mullions, consisting of a central sash flanked by two 4-pane sashes, along with a central part-glazed, 6-panel door that is sheltered by a flat hood supported on brackets. The first floor has sash windows, while the second floor is fitted with 9-pane sashes, all of which have plain surrounds. The house is topped with a plain cornice and a parapet. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Downside House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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