Former Manse to United Reformed Church and front boundary railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.

Former Manse to United Reformed Church and front boundary railings

WRENN ID
kindled-wicket-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
House
Address
Former Manse to United Reformed Church and front boundary railings, Bower Hinton, Martock
OS grid reference
ST 457 182
Coordinates
50.961, -2.77428
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former manse to the United Reformed Church, dating from the early 19th century. It is a detached house constructed with ham stone ashlar at the front and coursed rubble on the sides and rear. The roof is made of plain clay tiles, which undulate between stepped coped gables, and there are brick chimney stacks at the ends and in the middle.

The house has two storeys and three bays. It features plain mullioned windows with three lights, which have horizontal-bar casements. In the lower bay one, there is a later 19th-century angled bay window with plain sashes and a stepped hipped roof. In the lower bay two, there is a six-panel door set in an architrave, accessed by four steps, and topped with a moulded stone flat hood supported by shaped stone brackets. At the rear, there is a lean-to extension and a 15-pane sash window in the stairwell.

About 2 metres west of the house, there is a low stone wall with railings that have cast fleurs-de-lys tops. The railings are arched-braced and have returns to each front corner of the house, but there is no gate. These features contribute to the setting of the house and enhance the streetscape.

Local climate

Former Manse to United Reformed Church and front boundary railings 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
  • 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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