Thimble Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Thimble Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lesser-pillar-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thimble Cottage, 51, High Street, Bruton, BA10 0AW
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 347
- Coordinates
- 51.11148, -2.45624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thimble Cottage is a house located at the end of a row, which was formerly a shop. It dates from the 18th century and has undergone some modifications. The building is constructed from local stone rubble with ashlar quoins and has a rendered east gable, topped with plain clay tile roofs. It stands two storeys high and features two bays. The first bay has an early 20th-century shopfront that includes timber Doric pilasters, a medium fascia, and a moulded hood, along with a rendered stall riser and very wide four-pane sash windows. There is a later half-glazed door to the right. The second bay has large nine-pane sash windows on the lower level and twelve-pane sash windows on the upper level. The interior has not been seen. The building is primarily noted for its group value within the context of the surrounding area.
Local climate
Thimble Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- 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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