Ash House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. House. 3 related planning applications.
Ash House
- WRENN ID
- rooted-alcove-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ash House, Main Street, TA12 6PB
- OS grid reference
- ST 476 205
- Coordinates
- 50.98227, -2.74737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ash House is a large detached house located on Main Street, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with remodelling in the 19th century. It is constructed of ham stone ashlar and features a hipped Welsh slate roof with sawn stone ridges and hips, along with wide eaves soffits and ashlar chimney stacks. The building has a closed U-plan layout and stands two storeys high with five bays on each side.
The exterior includes a plinth, cill band courses, a moulded eaves course, and rusticated quoins. The entrance is on the west side, which features cruciform mullioned and transomed windows set in architraves with rectangular leaded lights and some iron-framed opening casements. The entrance has a six-panel door in an architrave with a hood mould above. The south elevation mirrors this design but has had all mullions and transoms removed; it includes 16-pane sash windows above and 4-pane sash windows below. There is a matching doorway in the lower bay three, which has been blocked and features an ashlar fielded-panel to create the appearance of doors. The east elevation is simpler and features a 24-pane stairway window. There is a 20th-century extension at the north-east corner. The interior has not been seen, and the house is currently used as accommodation for senior citizens.
Local climate
Ash House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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