8, Castle Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Residential.

8, Castle Hill

WRENN ID
last-minaret-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1983
Type
Residential
Address
8, Castle Hill, Dunster, Somerset
OS grid reference
SS 991 436
Coordinates
51.18312, -3.4441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 8 Castle Hill is a building that likely dates back to the 17th century. It features roughcast render and a slate roof, with a projecting chimney breast that has been altered, as the chimney top has been removed and capped with slates. The building is two storeys high and has four metal casement windows set in wooden frames, each with small panes. A central door completes the façade.

Local climate

8, Castle Hill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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