The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Cottage.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage, West Camel
OS grid reference
ST 566 252
Coordinates
51.02527, -2.61969
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a semi-detached cottage, likely built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from local stone that is cut and squared in a random coursed style, topped with concrete double Roman tiles and finished with coped gables. The building features an end and an intermediate brick chimney stack.

This two-storey structure includes an attic and has three bays. The entrance door, which is plain boarded and set in a heavy frame, is located between the second and third bays. The first bay contains two-light timber casement windows with diamond leaded panes, while the second bay and the lower window of the third bay have plain casement windows. The upper window of the third bay is an earlier style three-light casement window with small diamond leaded panes. All window openings are plain and have slightly segmental voussoired arches.

On the south gable wall, there are additional casement windows, and at the attic level, there is a semi-circular window with radial glazing set in an ashlar surround. The south bay of the cottage is of a different build and is likely the earlier part of the structure, as indicated by its high gable copings which suggest it may have originally had a thatched roof. The Cottage is attached to Henderson's Cottage to the north, and together they hold group value in relation to Glebe Farm House.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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