Old Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
Old Court
- WRENN ID
- sunken-niche-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Court, 1, Mantle Street, Wellington
- OS grid reference
- ST 137 204
- Coordinates
- 50.97713, -3.23023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Court is a Grade II* listed building located on the north side of Mantle Street. Originally the seat of the Popham family in the 16th century, the structure suffered significant damage during the Civil War. The rear of the house features three rooms with coved ceilings, indicating they are part of an older structure, along with three historic stone chimneys. The front of the house was added in the early 19th century and consists of two storeys with four windows, finished in roughcast. The central section is taller and has a modillion cornice at the parapet. A glass conservatory with Gothic glazing bars extends across the front, and vases are placed at the corners. The roof is topped with a wrought iron bell turret. Inside, one of the older rooms showcases notable early 19th-century plasterwork and Gothic woodwork details. The property also includes gatepiers, gates, and railings, as well as a former coach house and garden wall, which together form a group with No 41 Fore Street.
Local climate
Old Court receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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