Chindit House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 4 related planning applications.
Chindit House
- WRENN ID
- steep-marble-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chindit House, Wells Road, Glastonbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 502 392
- Coordinates
- 51.15012, -2.71329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chindit House is a small house dating to 1903. It was built by a local builder, John Merrick, for his own use, and exhibits rich Gothic detailing. The asymmetrical facade is constructed of ashlar and has a slate roof with bargeboards, an eaves cornice featuring decorative paterae, a stringcourse, and a plinth. A two-story bay is located to the left, with small, rectangular openings set in curved splays. Two brick chimneys rise at a 45-degree angle from the top of this bay. Above them is a small oculus and a carved panel incorporating the date 1903 intertwined with the initials J M. A small oriel window is located on the first floor to the right, also featuring rich Gothic foliage and cornices with paterae. The front has three windows, with foiled heads and pointed lights on the ground floor and over the doorway, the ground floor lights featuring decorated spandrels. The central doorway is topped with an elongated open pediment supported by columns with foliated capitals, and contains a five-panel door with a fanlight and small side-lights.
Local climate
Chindit House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 2002
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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