Olands is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Cottage.
Olands
- WRENN ID
- knotted-cloister-cream
- 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
- Olands, Selworthy, Somerset
- OS grid reference
- SS 898 478
- Coordinates
- 51.21952, -3.57876
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Olands is a pair of semi-detached cottages, now functioning as a single dwelling. They likely date back to the 17th century but were largely rebuilt in the late 19th century. The exterior features local stone random rubble and a plain clay tile roof. There is a central lateral stack with a triple ridge tile bread oven projection on the right, and a stone stack rising from the eaves at the left end bay, which is supported by a full height buttress.
The current layout is not entirely clear without an internal inspection, but it is organized in a three-cell plan. The building has two storeys and four bays. The windows are 20th-century 2-light casements. A full height buttress is located between the first and second bays on the left. The ground floor on the left has a 3-light window beneath a wooden lintel, and there is a double Roman tiled gabled rustic wooden porch next to the lateral stack, along with a similarly tiled pentice porch on lattice brackets to the right. The entrance has been blocked and replaced with a 20th-century window, and there is another 2-light casement beneath a wooden lintel to the right.
Attached to the main structure is a lower independently roofed wing with a double Roman tile roof, which is one and a half storeys high and has a single window at the right end, lit from the gable end. The rear elevation is entirely from the late 19th century, featuring brick jambs around square window openings. Olands is an interesting example of 19th-century restoration, showcasing an attractive front and a more utilitarian rear elevation.
Local climate
Olands 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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