The Wilderness is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. House.
The Wilderness
- WRENN ID
- winding-footing-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Wilderness, 33, Highdale Road, Clevedon
- OS grid reference
- ST 414 715
- Coordinates
- 51.43986, -2.84406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilderness, formerly known as Woodborough Lodge, is a large mid-19th century house located on a hillside overlooking Clevedon Bay. The building has two storeys, with a gabled section of two storeys plus an attic that projects forward on the right side. It is rendered and whitewashed, featuring plain pilaster treatment and projecting eaves. The house has three windows, mostly original sashes with glazing bars. Surrounding the ground floor is a trellised wooden verandah, which includes a pierced anthemion motif.
Local climate
The Wilderness receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
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