The Island is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage.
The Island
- WRENN ID
- iron-tracery-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Island, Woodlands End, Mells
- OS grid reference
- ST 729 490
- Coordinates
- 51.2402, -2.38835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Island is a cottage dating from the 18th century, constructed from Doulting rubble with a thatched roof and two rubble stacks. The building has a rectangular shape and a picturesque appearance, featuring one storey and an attic with three bays and an irregular facade. The windows are 19th-century casements, and there is a door opening that is nearly central, leading into a 20th-century gabled and glazed porch, which has a 19th-century glazed inner door. At the rear, there is a single-storey pent roofed outshut that is set at right angles. The cottage is situated in an elevated position and holds landscape value.
Local climate
The Island 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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