Porch and Flanking Walls Attached to Cottage 100 Metres South West of the Caves is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1984. Porch, estate feature.

Porch and Flanking Walls Attached to Cottage 100 Metres South West of the Caves

WRENN ID
heavy-solder-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1984
Type
Porch, estate feature
OS grid reference
ST 381 587
Coordinates
51.3247, -2.88922
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The porch and flanking walls attached to a cottage, located 100 metres southwest of The Caves, are a picturesque estate feature from the early 19th century. Constructed from unworked stone with a slate roof, the structure is single-storey and features three windows. The central entrance has a pointed arch with a rustic pediment above, flanked by two small pointed windows that are separated by pilaster strips topped with finials. The design includes corner finials, and all details are roughly fashioned. The side facing the road has a later segmental head opening, while the other side is blank. A 2-metre high flanking wall curves around to the road and ends in a pointed arch opening that is now blocked. This structure is attached to an earlier cottage that is not of listable quality. It is part of a larger collection of picturesque estate features created by the antiquarian Bishop Law of Bath and Wells on his Banwell estate.

Local climate

Porch and Flanking Walls Attached to Cottage 100 Metres South West of the Caves receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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