The Old Bakery, and Next House or Houses to North is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Cottage, row of cottages.
The Old Bakery, and Next House or Houses to North
- WRENN ID
- nether-portal-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Cottage, row of cottages
- Address
- The Old Bakery, and Next House or Houses to North, Downclose Lane, North Perrott
- OS grid reference
- ST 474 093
- Coordinates
- 50.88114, -2.74784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakery and the adjacent house or houses to the north are a row of cottages that were originally three but now appear to be two. They date from the 18th century to early 19th century and are constructed from roughly cut and squared ham stone with ashlar dressings. The roofs are made of Welsh slate and feature stepped coped gables, along with brick chimney stacks.
The buildings are two storeys high and consist of four bays for the bakery cottage and two additional bays. The northern end bays are set higher than the others. The bakery cottage has a straight joint between bays three and four, with two-light horizontal-bar casement windows on the first floor of bays one, two, and three, and a 20th-century small-pane casement in bay four, which is set lower due to blocking that suggests it was once a shop window. On the ground floor, bay one has a three-light leaded casement with an iron-framed opening light under a segmental arched head. Bay two features a boarded door within a heavy frame, also in a segmental archway, while bay four has a boarded door in a flat arch to its left and a six-panel door to its right, which is in a beaded stone surround with a flat stone hood, accessed by three steps. Bays five and six contain three-light casement windows with timber lintels, all rectangular leaded except for the upper window in bay two, which has small panes.
A two-storey timber bay window that was mentioned in a previous listing description has been removed and was likely located in bay four. The interiors have not been seen. Extending from the right of the stone surround to the doorway in bay four is a wrought-iron railing with spearpoint heads, set on a stone curb, angled with the house and featuring a curved corner on the southeast. This railing encloses a trapezoidal garden, enhancing the setting of the group. Attached to the northern end of the group is No 51 Downclose Lane.
Local climate
The Old Bakery, and Next House or Houses to North receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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