Townend is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Townend
- WRENN ID
- white-eave-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Townend, Town End, Norton St. Philip, BA2 7LQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 775 556
- Coordinates
- 51.29979, -2.3228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townend is a cottage dating to 1859, located on the north east side of Town End in Norton St. Philip. The cottage is constructed of ashlar Doulting stone with a Welsh slate roof, featuring coped gables and end chimney stacks of ashlar stone. It is a two-storey, two-window building with a central entrance beneath an ashlar stone and Welsh slate roofed gable porch. The entrance is defined by a four-centred chamfered stone arch which incorporates an incised date stone above. There are two-light, moulded stone-framed windows, each with eight panes.
Local climate
Townend 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
- 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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