Uncle Tom's Cabin Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. A Georgian Public house.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Public House

WRENN ID
eternal-garret-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1961
Type
Public house
Period
Georgian
Address
Uncle Tom's Cabin Public House, 51, High Street, Wincanton
OS grid reference
ST 715 286
Coordinates
51.05693, -2.40772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Uncle Tom's Cabin Public House is an inn that was originally a house, dating from at least the 18th century. It is constructed of local stone rubble, which is colourwashed on the south elevation, and features a thatched roof that is half hipped on the east side, along with a brick chimney stack. The building has an 'L' plan and stands two storeys high with a two-bay front.

On the upper floor, there are early pattern three-light wood framed windows with leaded panes. The ground floor features a nine-pane sash window in the first bay, which is set under a timber lintel, followed by a 20th-century boarded door in a plain opening. In the second bay, there is an early 19th-century composite opening that includes two nine-pane casements, a stable-type door, and a two-light small pane casement that is much distorted, all situated under a continuous hood, which may indicate it was once a shop.

On the east side, facing Flingers Lane, there are two later sash windows with a door between them on the ground floor, while above, there are three early leaded casements, one of which is now blocked. The interior has only been partially observed, but it includes a chamfered main crossbeam without stops, a small enclosed winding stair in the northwest corner, and bar fittings and layout that may date back to 1861 when the building first became an inn. There are also bench seats around the walls.

Local climate

Uncle Tom's Cabin Public House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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