Normans is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Normans
- WRENN ID
- solitary-passage-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Normans, Church Road, Fiddington, TA5 1JG
- OS grid reference
- ST 218 404
- Coordinates
- 51.1579, -3.11957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Normans is a house dating from the 17th century, with early 20th century alterations. It has a roughcast exterior and a roof with two distinct parts of different heights; the left side is covered with double-Roman tiles, while the right side has triple-Roman tiles, and there are two brick ridge stacks. The house features a cross-passage plan and is two storeys high with one bay on the left and two bays on the right. The windows are 20th century casements with glazing bars, and the first-floor window in the left bay is set in a half dormer. There is a half-glazed door in the center, topped by a gabled hood supported by two wooden posts.
Inside, there is a plank and muntin partition flanking the cross passage. The room to the right on the ground floor has chamfered and stopped ceiling beams, a broad open fireplace with a wooden bressuier and stone jambs, and the well of a former winder staircase nearby. The first floor features some ornamental plasterwork, including Tudor roses, a fleur-de-lys, small bosses, and the date "1638" in raised letters. This plasterwork is believed to have been created by itinerant craftsmen who paid for their lodgings with their work. The name of the property is thought to come from a Norman who occupied the site in the 11th century. The house is listed primarily for its internal features.
Local climate
Normans 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- 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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