The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Stable block. 2 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- slow-stronghold-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- The Cottage, Staplegrove Road, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 221 251
- Coordinates
- 51.02033, -3.11148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a building likely dating from the mid-19th century, originally serving as a stable block and situated set back from Staplegrove Road between Nos 82 and 84. It is two storeys high, constructed with rubble walls featuring red brick dressings. The central section of the building rises to form a pediment, topped with an old tile roof. The eaves project and are supported by brackets. The Cottage has three windows, primarily sash windows with glazing bars, along with double doors in the center and single doors on either side. It is part of a group that includes Nos 86 to 90 (even), the Summerhouse at the Language Centre, Swiss Cottage in Linden Grove, Weir House, Weir Lodge, and the Gatepiers.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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