The Oaks is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Oaks
- WRENN ID
- tilted-cellar-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Oaks, Bath Road, Norton St. Philip, BA2 7LW
- OS grid reference
- ST 774 559
- Coordinates
- 51.30226, -2.32471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Oaks is a detached house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar Doulting stone, featuring a plinth and string courses, and has a double Roman clay tile hipped roof with chimney stacks at each end. The house has a three-window front, arranged over two storeys, with a central entrance porch. The front door is a six-panel design, fielded and moulded, with the top two panels glazed. It is set within a stone porch with corner pilasters carved with incised decoration, a fluted frieze, and an entablature topped with acroteria. The windows are 24-pane sash windows with marginal glazing bars.
Local climate
The Oaks 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 2014
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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