Old Doctor's House and Copper Beech Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. House. 4 related planning applications.

Old Doctor's House and Copper Beech Cottage

WRENN ID
dusk-step-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1956
Type
House
Address
Old Doctor's House and Copper Beech Cottage, the Hill, Freshford, BA2 7WG
OS grid reference
ST 790 600
Coordinates
51.33917, -2.30173
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Doctor's House and Copper Beech Cottage is a pair of houses dating from the mid to late 18th century. The main elevation faces the garden at the rear, while the entrance elevation features two glazing bar sash windows on the left, designed to match the adjoining Hill House. The garden elevation is constructed of rubble and topped with a pantile mansard roof that has coped raised verges and ashlar stacks. The building has two storeys and attics in dormers, with a total of four bays plus two in an L-shaped wing to the right. The fenestration is mixed, including a 1-3-1-light glazing bar sash to the left, a central two-storey 19th-century bay with 1-3-1-light casements, a 20-pane sash on the first floor to the right, and glazing bar sashes in the wing to the right. There is a modern door to the left.

Local climate

Old Doctor's House and Copper Beech Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2019
  • 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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