Mill Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Mill Cottages
- WRENN ID
- lunar-beam-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Mill Cottages, 2, 3 and 4, the Shallows, Saltford, BS31 3EY
- OS grid reference
- ST 686 669
- Coordinates
- 51.40078, -2.4515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three cottages, dating back to the 17th century with alterations in the early 19th and 20th centuries. They are constructed of squared and coursed lias rubble with ashlar dressings, some cast slag block quoins, and have pantile roofs.
The cottages were built incrementally, forming complex gabled units. They returned at the left to create a deep wing, and Mill Cottage has a cross gable facing the road. A further wing was added to the rear, within the angle of the main range; this later addition features a long, gently sloping roof.
The cottages are two storeys high. Number 3, slightly set back on the road, features a stone mullioned window with two small panes above a single multi-paned casement and a recessed plank door. Number 2 has a coped face gable with a small stack and two small 20th-century windows above a two-light window with a moulded mullion and small-pane casement. The return side has a coped gable above a three-light window with moulded mullions and a drip course; the ground floor has a larger 19th-century three-light casement. The rear wing has a part-glazed 20th-century door. The roof of this wing slopes down, and has a plain gable with a small stack, and is hipped at the inner end. A large brick stack rises from the main ridge where it joins the wing ridge. The return side has a two-light casement on each floor, and a 20th-century lean-to porch with a door. The rear gable is plain with a brick stack. The inner face, which is rendered, has a three-light window above two two-light 20th-century wood casements.
The interiors were not inspected, but are likely to contain features of interest.
Local climate
Mill Cottages 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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