Combe Down House is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 2011. Villa. 2 related planning applications.
Combe Down House
- WRENN ID
- standing-loft-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 2011
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Combe Down House, the Avenue, BA2 5EG
- OS grid reference
- ST 760 624
- Coordinates
- 51.36095, -2.34554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Combe Down House is a 19th-century villa constructed from limestone ashlar and topped with a slate roof. The building features a compact design with a low-pitched hipped roof and stands two storeys tall. The façade includes three windows, primarily six-over-six sashes set on wide sills with brackets. On the ground floor to the right, there is a flat-roofed canted bay with a plain sash and a cornice with a blocking course. The central porch is square and made of ashlar, featuring panelled pilasters, a frieze, a cornice with blocking, and a pair of 20th-century glazed doors. Additional architectural details include an eaves band, end stacks, and a broad soffit supported by wedge-shaped brackets. The left side of the building has a sash window at each level near the rear, which also has an added lean-to section and another ashlar stack. The front is marked by moulded gate piers topped with semi-circular finials. The right side connects to a large brick extension built in the early 21st century. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Combe Down House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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