1 and 2, Parrett Works Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. A Mid C19 Cottage.

1 and 2, Parrett Works Cottages

WRENN ID
silver-attic-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
1 and 2, Parrett Works Cottages, Martock
OS grid reference
ST 445 187
Coordinates
50.9651, -2.79028
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1 and 2 Parrett Works Cottages are an end pair in a row of six cottages, built in the mid-19th century. They are constructed from cut and squared ham stone and feature a triple angle clay tiled roof with coped gables and brick chimney stacks. The cottages are two storeys high and consist of three bays in total.

The windows are horizontal-bar casements, with two lights above and three lights below in the outer bays, all set in voussoired segmental arched openings. The upper bay has a single-light window, while below it, there is a boarded door with a glazed panel, accessed by two steps, which serves as the entrance to No. 2. The entrance to No. 1 is located in the south-east gable end and is flanked by 2-light windows at both levels, with a single-light window above the door. These are all in flat-arched surrounds with relieving arches, and there is a circular recess in the gable. At the rear, there is a monopitch extension. The interiors have not been seen. These cottages are associated with the Parrett Iron Works, which was founded on the site of an earlier mill around 1855.

Local climate

1 and 2, Parrett Works Cottages 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 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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