Rock House is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rock House
- WRENN ID
- lost-slate-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rock House, 15, Townsend Lane, Almondsbury, BS32 4EQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 599 840
- Coordinates
- 51.55375, -2.57856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rock House is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings, featuring brick gable stacks and a pantiled roof. The building originally had a through passage plan and consists of two storeys and three bays. The front door, which is made of planks, dates from the 19th century and is set within a 20th-century porch. The ground floor windows have stone segmental arches, while the first-floor windows are positioned under the eaves. There are original 8-light casements on the ground floor to the left and two first-floor windows to the right, with all other windows being from the 20th century. Inside, the ceiling joists have 6-inch chamfers, and there are two winder staircases located behind 17th-century doors to the left of the blocked through passage and at the rear right. The building was formerly two cottages in the 19th century.
Local climate
Rock House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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