Higher Barton is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Higher Barton
- WRENN ID
- kindled-postern-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Higher Barton, Higher Street, Martock, TA12 6LG
- OS grid reference
- ST 455 178
- Coordinates
- 50.95766, -2.7762
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Barton is a detached cottage located on Higher Street in Martock, dating from the 17th century. The building is constructed of ham stone, cut and squared, with ashlar dressings and a double Roman clay tile roof with plain gables. It has brick chimney stacks. The cottage is two storeys high and has three bays. It features hollow-chamfered mullioned windows, mostly with three lights, though the upper bay one and lower bay two have four lights. These windows are plain glazed and incorporate some iron-framed opening lights. To the right of bay one is a 20th-century entrance door set within a plain, chamfered flat-arched opening, covered by a deep lintol without a label. The interior of the cottage was not inspected during the listing process.
Local climate
Higher Barton receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 62% 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 — 11 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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