Bourton House is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
Bourton House
- WRENN ID
- deep-loft-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bourton House, Bourton Combe, Flax Bourton, BS48 3QL
- OS grid reference
- ST 508 692
- Coordinates
- 51.42044, -2.70859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bourton House is a detached house dating from the late 17th century, with a date of 1667 marked on an internal door. It was remodelled in the early 18th century and again in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings and French quoins, topped with a hipped slate roof featuring a moulded parapet and cornice, along with rubble stacks. It has two storeys and attics, comprising five bays with glazing bar sash windows that have arched overlights in raised plain surrounds, complete with quoins and a keystone. A moulded string course runs above the ground floor. The central entrance features a panelled door within a doorcase that has Doric pilasters and a carved shell hood supported by consoles, with arms carved into the shell. To the left, there is a two-storey, three-bay wing.
Inside, the dining room showcases raised and fielded panelling along with six-panel doors. The hall and living room are also panelled. An open well staircase features a panelled, closed string with twisted and turned balusters, and a decorative moulded ceiling. The nursery, located in the rear left room on the ground floor, has ovolo moulded beams and a panelled, studded door that is dated RM 1667.
Local climate
Bourton House receives an average of 850 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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