Butwell Gate Toll House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Toll house.
Butwell Gate Toll House
- WRENN ID
- muffled-keystone-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Toll house
- Address
- Butwell Gate Toll House, Ditcheat
- OS grid reference
- ST 634 338
- Coordinates
- 51.10243, -2.52337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Butwell Gate Toll House is a toll house from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble with a hipped slate roof and rendered brick stacks, showcasing a Gothick style. The building stands two storeys high and features three bays. It has 2-light pointed-arch windows with stone 'Y'-tracery, although the central window on the first floor is blocked. The central door opening contains a studded plank door with a broad rendered surround. This toll house was part of the former Langport Turnpike Trust.
Local climate
Butwell Gate Toll 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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