Cottage, 20 Metres North of Higher Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Cottage.
Cottage, 20 Metres North of Higher Farm House
- WRENN ID
- slow-sill-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- ST 691 206
- Coordinates
- 50.98474, -2.44039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located 20 metres north of Higher Farm House, dates back to 1724. It is constructed from local stone squared rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with simple gables. A stone chimney stack is positioned on the east side. The cottage is two storeys high and has three bays. It has chamfered mullioned windows set in slight recesses, which do not have labels. The windows are fitted with leaded lights, with some featuring iron opening casements. All the windows are two-light, except for the lower bay one, which is four-light. The central door is boarded and set in a heavy frame, topped with a 20th-century concrete hood. A plaque between the upper bay one and two windows displays the date 1724. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
Cottage, 20 Metres North of Higher Farm House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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