The Garden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Garden Cottage
- WRENN ID
- white-terrace-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Garden Cottage, Bathford Hill, BA1 7SP
- OS grid reference
- ST 791 669
- Coordinates
- 51.40138, -2.3016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Garden Cottage is a stable block that has been converted into a house, associated with Whitehaven. It dates from the early to mid-19th century and is constructed of ashlar stone. The building features a hipped slate roof that is set behind a parapet, adorned with pineapple finials, and has a cornice. The architectural style is Tudor Gothic. The cottage is two storeys high and consists of five bays. Modern casement windows are present, set beneath drip moulds. There is a blocked four-centred arch, a vehicle entry on the right, and two modern doors also located under drip moulds. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Garden Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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