Martlets is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. House.

Martlets

WRENN ID
fading-rubblework-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Martlets, Middle Street, Shepton Beauchamp
OS grid reference
ST 402 169
Coordinates
50.94901, -2.85152
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Martlets is a 17th-century house located on Middle Street in Shepton Beauchamp. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble, with some plaster and colourwash on the first floor, and features a thatched roof with two brick stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays, with three and four-light casements that include iron moveable lights and square-paned leaded lights. The entrance is situated between the first and second bays, framed by a heavy wooden architrave, and is accessed through a plank door.

Local climate

Martlets receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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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