Tithe Cottage Walnut Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Tithe Cottage Walnut Cottage

WRENN ID
iron-spindle-thistle
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
Tithe Cottage Walnut Cottage, 15, St George's Street, Dunster, Somerset, TA24 6RX
OS grid reference
SS 989 437
Coordinates
51.18372, -3.44738
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tithe Cottage, also known as Walnut Cottage (numbers 15, 17, and 19), dates to the 17th century with later alterations. The building is colourwashed rendered over a rubble base and has a thatched roof punctuated by eyebrow dormers. It is two storeys high. The windows are predominantly leaded iron casements set in wooden frames, with some more recent wooden windows. The doorways are square-headed, except for Walnut Cottage, which features a framed and studded door. Each cottage has a thatched porch.

Local climate

Tithe Cottage Walnut Cottage 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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