Wayside is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Wayside
- WRENN ID
- kindled-flint-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wayside, High Street, Monksilver, Somerset, TA4 4JB
- OS grid reference
- ST 073 374
- Coordinates
- 51.12839, -3.32535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A farmhouse, later converted into a cottage, dating to the 16th century, likely enlarged in the 17th century and altered in the 19th century. The exterior is roughcast over a rubble base, with a slate roof and brick stacks at the gable ends and in the east wing. The original plan consisted of two rooms and a cross passage, with the addition of an east wing shortly afterwards, and a single-storey addition to the front facade on the right side.
The two-storey, two-bay structure features a steeply chamfered two-light casement window on the left side, a 19th-century three-light casement on the right side, and 20th-century five- and four-light casements on the ground floor flanking a central doorway. The doorway has a chamfered stone four-centred arch and a 19th-century studded plank door. A single-storey addition of random rubble is located on the right side and contains a 20th-century window.
Inside, a plank and muntin screen of uncertain age sits to the right of the cross passage. There's a further four-centred stone arch doorway at the rear of the cross passage, and a wooden Tudor-arched head to the left of the cross passage, along with another in the rear wall of the left room, providing access to the east wing. These features suggest the east wing might originally have been a small outshut. The roof and floor timbers in both wings, including the rain blocks, are chamfered with steps and run-out stops. The four-centred stone arch doorway and the steeply chamfered two-light window are reminiscent of Court Hall. The roof appears to have been replaced in the 19th century.
Local climate
Wayside receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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