Quadrangle, about 6 metres south of Montacute House, and walls enclosing car park to south is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Outbuilding.

Quadrangle, about 6 metres south of Montacute House, and walls enclosing car park to south

WRENN ID
silver-hinge-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1961
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Quadrangle, about 6 metres south of Montacute House, and walls enclosing car park to south, TA15 6XP
OS grid reference
ST 499 171
Coordinates
50.95132, -2.71411
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The quadrangle, located about 6 metres south of Montacute House, consists of a range of buildings and walls that form a U-shaped layout. This structure dates back to the 16th century and was modified in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from Ham stone, primarily in ashlar, and features Welsh slate monopitch roofs with safe rooflights.

The north range includes a throughway and two four-light hollow-chamfer mullioned windows; one has four-centre arched lights with incised spandrils, while the other has had its mullion removed and replaced with a casement. The east range contains two two-light and two three-light mullioned windows, along with three four-centre arched doorways—two of which are moulded, and one is heavily chamfered. The south range features two four-light windows and one single-light window.

High-level windows on the east face of the east range suggest that this section was originally two-storey. A new service court was designed for this area by Lewis Vulliamy but was never built; instead, the existing service court was remodelled by 1853, resulting in the lowering of the former buildings. The walling to the south, which encloses the main car park, likely enclosed a more formal garden in 1782. These walls are approximately 2.5 metres high and made of coursed Ham stone rubble, with some sections set even higher, particularly to the south. There are 20th-century gateways in the south and west walls.

Local climate

Quadrangle, about 6 metres south of Montacute House, and walls enclosing car park to south receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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