Ames Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. House.

Ames Cottage

WRENN ID
haunted-mantel-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1983
Type
House
Address
Ames Cottage, Freshford
OS grid reference
ST 788 601
Coordinates
51.34024, -2.30478
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ames Cottage is a house that was remodeled in the early to mid 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a slate mansard roof behind a parapet, along with a moulded and coved cornice. The building has end pilasters and consists of two storeys with attics in the dormers. On the ground floor, there is one plain glazing bar sash window and a door. The first floor has three windows, which are 18-pane sashes set in architraves with thick glazing bars. The central window has a semi-circular head with imposts and a keystone that supports a capital. Above the ground floor, there is a moulded string course. To the right, there is a modern door and porch.

Local climate

Ames 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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