Moncks Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. A Early C19 House. 3 related planning applications.

Moncks Cottage

WRENN ID
eastward-vestry-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
House
Address
Moncks Cottage, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, BA1 8BJ
OS grid reference
ST 761 680
Coordinates
51.41104, -2.34474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moncks Cottage is a detached house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a slate roof with coped raised verges and ashlar stacks that have a cornice. The building is two storeys high and has cellars. It has three bays with glazing bar sash windows, which have later outer shutters. The central entrance is a projecting square porch topped with a coped parapet and a moulded cornice, leading to a flush panelled door beneath a fanlight. There is a 20th-century lean-to and extension on the left side of the cottage.

Local climate

Moncks 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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