Martins is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Martins
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-wall-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Martins, New Street, Somerton, TA11 7NU
- OS grid reference
- ST 491 286
- Coordinates
- 51.055, -2.72655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Martins is a cottage located at the end of a row, likely built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that has been cut and squared, topped with a clay pantiled roof featuring stepped coped gables and brick chimney stacks at each end. The cottage has two storeys and consists of two bays. It features sash windows with 20 panes set in plain openings, which have dovetailed stone lintels. Between the bays, there is a six flush panel door that matches the openings. The interior has not been seen. This cottage is part of a group of small cottages situated on a street that was first recorded in 1349.
Local climate
Martins receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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