Walnut Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Cottage.
Walnut Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-corbel-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Walnut Tree Cottage, Selworthy, Somerset
- OS grid reference
- SS 898 478
- Coordinates
- 51.21926, -3.57796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walnut Tree Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was altered in the mid-19th century. The exterior features slobbered red sandstone random rubble on the returns, triple ridge tiles, and overhanging eaves. There is a large lateral stack to the right of the entrance, which includes a projection for a bread oven. The plan likely includes a two-cell outbuilding adjoining the left of the entrance. The cottage is two storeys high with two bays; the first floor has two-light leaded casements flanking the stack. The right bay is built out in line with the stack and has no windows on the right side, but the ground floor is lit by a small leaded window. The left side features a three-light leaded iron casement and a square leaded entrance with a plank door. To the left, there is an independently roofed single-storey building with a plank door. Although the interior has not been seen, it is said to contain a plank and muntin screen.
Local climate
Walnut Tree Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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