Dobyns is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Former rectory.
Dobyns
- WRENN ID
- far-thatch-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1986
- Type
- Former rectory
- Address
- Dobyns, the Green, High Ham, South Somerset
- OS grid reference
- ST 425 309
- Coordinates
- 51.07538, -2.82157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dobyns is a former rectory built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that has been cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings, and features a Welsh slate roof between stepped coped gables and brick end chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays. The windows are hollow chamfered mullioned with segmental arched lights under square labels; the outer bays have three-light windows, while the upper bay two has a four-light window, with the lower windows being larger in scale. In the lower bay two, there is a pointed-segmental arched doorway with a studded boarded door, and to the right, a single-light rectangular window. The interior has not been seen. There is a lean-to garage attached to the north gable, which is not of special interest.
Local climate
Dobyns 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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