The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. A Mid C18 House. 14 related planning applications.

The Old House

WRENN ID
gilded-plinth-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1956
Type
House
Address
The Old House, the Hill, Freshford, BA2 7WG
OS grid reference
ST 790 600
Coordinates
51.33951, -2.30189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old House is a mid-18th century house, which was remodelled and extended in 1910, as indicated by a datestone above the door on the left side. The house is constructed of ashlar, with a hipped roof covered in Cotswold stone slates, concealed behind a parapet with decorative panels and a moulded cornice. It is two storeys high, with attics in hipped dormers, and has nine bays. The windows are glazing bar sash windows set within moulded architraves, featuring end pilasters and a division between the fifth and sixth bays. A moulded string course runs along the front. A two-storey entrance porch, set back from the main facade, contains a panelled door, framed by an architrave with an open pediment enclosing a shield and the date.

Local climate

The Old House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 — 10 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 14 applications
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  • 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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