Penhill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Penhill Cottage

WRENN ID
grey-gable-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Penhill Cottage, Compton Dando
OS grid reference
ST 633 670
Coordinates
51.40136, -2.52766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Penhill Cottage is a cottage that was once part of Ford's Farmhouse. It dates from the mid to late 17th century and was altered and extended in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings and features a pantile roof. It has two storeys and consists of two bays. On the left side, there is a 2-light casement window with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds, which is set under a dripmould. The other windows are 19th-century 2-light casements. The central entrance is a plank door located in a 20th-century gabled porch.

Local climate

Penhill Cottage 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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