3 and 5, The Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

3 and 5, The Cross

WRENN ID
grey-chancel-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1952
Type
Cottage
Address
3 and 5, The Cross, Minehead, TA24 5JW
OS grid reference
SS 967 467
Coordinates
51.21065, -3.47967
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

3 and 5 The Cross are two cottages that were originally one house, dating from the 17th century. They have a painted render finish over rubblestone or cob and a slate roof that continues with No.1. The building features brick stacks on the left party wall and at the rear wing. It has a three-unit convex-curved plan with a rear extension and stands two storeys high with a three-window range.

On the first floor, the windows are positioned at eaves level and have painted ovolo mullions with four-light leaded casements. No.3, on the left, has a similar window on the ground floor to the left, which was formerly the lower end of the house. To the right, there is an oak planked-and-studded door with strap hinges, framed by a Tudor-arched architrave with stopped chamfers.

No.5 features a similar 19th-century architrave next to the right, with a 19th-century planked door. To its right, there is a tall 19th-century four-light casement window, along with a smaller two-light window at the far right. The interiors have not been inspected.

Local climate

3 and 5, The Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
  • 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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