The Nook is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Nook
- WRENN ID
- strange-steel-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Nook, Holton, BA9 8AN
- OS grid reference
- ST 685 269
- Coordinates
- 51.04074, -2.44933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nook is a cottage that possibly dates back to the 17th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble and features lime rendering on the south gable. The roof is half hipped and thatched, with central brick chimney stacks. The building is a single storey with an attic and has irregularly placed windows. It includes casement windows from various periods, with a two-light window on the east side that may be from the 17th or 18th century. There is a timber porch with a segmental metal-covered roof located in the center of the west side. The interior is not accessible.
Local climate
The Nook receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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