The 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. House. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- plain-latch-heath
- 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
- The Cottage, Bath Road, Kelston, BA1 9AF
- OS grid reference
- ST 701 671
- Coordinates
- 51.40218, -2.42991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a detached house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings and features a slate roof with coped raised verges and ashlar stacks. The building has two storeys and is adorned with five glazing bar sash windows that have edge roll moulded surrounds, with the outer windows being paired. A central panelled and glazed door is located under a flat stone hood supported by brackets. There is a later lean-to addition on the right side of the house.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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