East Court is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Small country house. 4 related planning applications.

East Court

WRENN ID
sharp-dormer-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1966
Type
Small country house
Address
East Court, Doctor's Hill, Wookey, BA5 1AR
OS grid reference
ST 518 460
Coordinates
51.21181, -2.69085
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

East Court is a small country house dating from 1773, originally built for the Salmons family. The house is constructed of Flemish bond red brick with freestone dressings and features hipped slate roofs, two box dormers, and rendered stacks at each end. The front of the building is symmetrical, with three storeys and five bays, showcasing sash windows that have glazing bars and flat stone heads with stepped voussoirs.

The central entrance has an architrave door opening topped with a pediment supported by consoles, leading to a half-glazed door and a Gothick fanlight. There are four stone steps leading up to the door. The exterior is further enhanced by rusticated end pilasters, a moulded stone cornice, a brick parapet with stone coping, and a plain stone band at the first-floor level.

To the right, there is a later two-storey, single-bay wing, and to the left, a later single-storey, one-bay wing with an angular stone bay in the end elevation. Inside, the house retains some 18th-century features, including doors and a staircase.

Local climate

East Court receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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