Mount Plesant and Friar Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Cottage.
Mount Plesant and Friar Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grim-column-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Mount Plesant and Friar Cottage, Ganees Hill, Fivehead
- OS grid reference
- ST 351 231
- Coordinates
- 51.00431, -2.92595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mount Pleasant and Friar Cottage are a pair of semi-detached cottages dating from the 18th century. They are constructed from coursed and squared rubble, with a first floor band and thatched roofs, featuring end brick stacks. The cottages are two storeys high and have two and three-light casement windows from the 19th and 20th centuries, which include glazing bars. There are two door openings with plank doors. It is possible that these cottages were originally a single dwelling. They serve as a notable feature along the roadside.
Local climate
Mount Plesant and Friar Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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