2a, Cats Ash is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1974. House.
2a, Cats Ash
- WRENN ID
- final-quartz-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2a, Cats Ash, Shepton Mallet
- OS grid reference
- ST 618 438
- Coordinates
- 51.19219, -2.54768
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 2A at Cats Ash is a house dating from around 1600, with modifications made in the mid-20th century. It features a rendered exterior and a slate roof, showcasing Elizabethan architectural style. The building is two stories high and has one bay. The doorway is adorned with a moulded stone architrave that includes a triple keystone, and it has a 19th-century door. To the left of the doorway, there is a range of four-light mullion windows with carved dripmoulds, while to the right, there is a 20th-century casement window that retains a vestigial dripmould.
Local climate
2a, Cats Ash receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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