The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1981. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
idle-bailey-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1981
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage, Church Road South, Portishead, BS20 6PU
OS grid reference
ST 466 759
Coordinates
51.47981, -2.77005
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is an early 19th-century building. It has a rendered exterior and a double-roman-tiled roof. The main block is two storeys high with an attic, and has three windows. The windows are original glazing bar sashes with moulded wooden surrounds. There are two dormer windows. The first-floor central window has been replaced with glazed doors that open onto a balcony, which is supported by a cast iron column porch. A two-storey wing extends to the right.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • 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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