The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. House. 11 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-grate-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Kale Street, Batcombe, BA4 6AB
- OS grid reference
- ST 691 392
- Coordinates
- 51.15204, -2.44197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century house, originally part of a row, located on the north side of Kale Street in Batcombe. It is a two-storey building with a facade of one and three bays, with the left bay slightly set back. The windows are 19th-century casements, with two- and three-light openings, each featuring a single horizontal glazing bar. There are two door openings containing plank doors. The external walls are roughcast, and the roof is covered with triple-Roman tiles.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 8 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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