The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
stranded-timber-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1985
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, 81, Marksbury, BA2 9HP
OS grid reference
ST 665 623
Coordinates
51.35967, -2.48194
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of rubble with pantile roofs featuring raised coped verges on kneelers. The building has an L-shaped plan and a symmetrical main block that includes a passage leading to a winder staircase. It stands two storeys tall and has three windows. The central gabled porch, added in the 19th century, is situated below a four-pane sash window. On either side of the porch are two-light casement windows with edge-moulded mullions. The west gable features two lights in the attic and reset fragments of a mullion, while the east gable has a single light with similar mouldings. At the rear, the roof extends over a central semi-circular stair turret that has single lights. There is also a single-storey wing at the back with a two-light window that has an ovolo-moulded mullion. Additionally, there is a single-storey flat roof extension from the 20th century on the east side. Inside, the property features chamfered beams.

Local climate

The 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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