Garston Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Garston Cottages
- WRENN ID
- tall-bronze-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Garston Cottages, 1, 2 and 3, Gay Street, Mells, BA11 3PT
- OS grid reference
- ST 725 491
- Coordinates
- 51.24045, -2.39416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Garston Cottages are three cottages located on Gay Street in Mells. Number 2 is dated 1598, while the others are probably from the 17th century, with later alterations. The cottages are constructed from Doulting rubble and feature thatched roofs, with five brick stacks and one rubble stack. They form an irregularly attached group that is picturesque in appearance.
Number 1 has a gabled wing that projects at right angles to the return of number 2. It is two storeys tall with an attic and consists of one bay with casement windows. The door opening is on the left side and features a 19th-century door with a wooden hood supported by brackets.
Number 2 is also two storeys high and has two bays. It features three-light reserve chamfer moulded stone mullioned windows with labels, and the first-floor windows are set in coped gables. A door opening has been inserted in the right bay, which contains a 20th-century half-glazed door with a side light.
Number 3 is two storeys tall with two bays and has casement windows. The door opening is on the left side and includes a 19th-century half-glazed door. There is a single-storey outshut of one bay to the left with a pent roof.
Local climate
Garston Cottages 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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