Ferndale and Attached Rubblestone Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1976. A C18 Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Ferndale and Attached Rubblestone Wall

WRENN ID
roaming-pillar-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
Ferndale and Attached Rubblestone Wall, Church Strreet, Minehead, TA24 6BL
OS grid reference
SS 976 451
Coordinates
51.19602, -3.46632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ferndale is a cottage that underwent remodelling in the late 18th century or early 19th century, originally based on an earlier structure. It features painted render over rubblestone and has a hipped pantile roof sloping to the right, with a rendered lateral stack topped with pantiles above the eaves and a brick stack on the left gable end. The building has an irregular, nearly hexagonal shape and stands two storeys tall with a one-window range. The facade slopes away from the road and includes 19th-century two-light casement windows, with the first-floor windows positioned at eaves level. A central 20th-century door with a hood is flanked by a window on both floors. The right side of the cottage, which faces Church Street, has one window on each floor towards the front and the lateral stack towards the rear. There is also a single-storey lean-to on the left side, which is part of the hexagonal plan. Although the interior has not been inspected, there is a notable attached rubblestone wall at the rear right corner, approximately 3 meters high and 40 meters long.

Local climate

Ferndale and Attached Rubblestone Wall 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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