Chewton House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
Chewton House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-cobble-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chewton House, High Street, Chewton Mendip, BA3 4LL
- OS grid reference
- ST 596 528
- Coordinates
- 51.27344, -2.5791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chewton House is a small country house set in landscaped grounds, built in two stages during the mid to late 18th century. The house features a combination of ashlar and rubble materials, with hipped slate roofs, cornices, and parapets topped with copings, as well as ashlar stacks. The main façade is symmetrical, with three bays and sash windows that include glazing bars. A central door opening is flanked by a solid-sided portico and paired half-glazed doors adorned with ornamental glazing. At the rear, there is a parallel three-storey range.
Local climate
Chewton House 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 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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