Walnut Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. Cottage.

Walnut Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
errant-finial-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1952
Type
Cottage
Address
Walnut Tree Cottage, 3, Church Steps, Minehead
OS grid reference
SS 966 467
Coordinates
51.21051, -3.48111
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walnut Tree Cottage is a cottage that likely dates back to the 17th century and has been altered in the 20th century. It features painted roughcast over rubblestone and has a plain tile roof. The cottage has a one-unit plan with later additions at the front. It stands two storeys high and has a two-window range. To the right, there are 20th-century two-light casement windows, while to the left, there is a 19th-century lean-to entrance. Exposed former rafter ends near the top of the wall suggest that the roof has been raised. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Walnut Tree Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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