Marsten is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. Cottage.
Marsten
- WRENN ID
- lesser-garret-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Marsten, Tortworth
- OS grid reference
- ST 700 926
- Coordinates
- 51.63199, -2.43453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Marsten is an estate cottage dated 1854, possibly designed by S.S. Teulon for the Earl of Ducie's estate. It is constructed from coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, topped with a plain tiled roof featuring coped raised verges and brick stacks. The building showcases a picturesque Tudor Gothic style and has a T-plan layout with an off-centre gabled projecting porch and stairtower.
The northwest elevation consists of two bays. The left bay features a slightly projecting bay window with a two-light cross window, and above it, there is a single light casement window with a 4-centred head. To the right, a gabled projecting wing contains a plank door on the ground floor, which has a 4-centred head with enriched spandrels and arms, along with a single light window with a cusped head. On the first floor, there is an oriel window with a corbelled base and a window that also has a 4-centred head.
The northeast gable includes an oriel window that is triangular in plan, along with two single light casement windows on the ground floor. At the rear of the building, there is an attached single-storey kitchen.
Local climate
Marsten receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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