The Old Bailiffs Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1958. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

The Old Bailiffs Cottage

WRENN ID
first-newel-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1958
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Bailiffs Cottage, Church Street, Lopen, TA13 5JX
OS grid reference
ST 426 144
Coordinates
50.9262, -2.81723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Bailiffs Cottage is a detached cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of Ham stone rubble, with stretcher bond brick on the west gable, where an adjoining cottage has been demolished. The roof is thatched, with plain goble, and features brick chimney stacks. The cottage is in a ‘T’ shape, with two storeys and three bays. It has horizontal-bar casement windows with three lights. A low doorway, leading to a boarded door set in a deep recess and reached by steps, is located to the right of the first bay. A thatched extension exists to the rear. The interior was not visible at the time of listing. It is included on the register primarily for its group value.

Local climate

The Old Bailiffs Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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