Privy About 15 Metres West of No 21 The Borough is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Privy.

Privy About 15 Metres West of No 21 The Borough

WRENN ID
shadowed-foundation-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Privy
OS grid reference
ST 497 169
Coordinates
50.94947, -2.71653
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a privy located about 15 metres west of No. 21 The Borough, possibly dating from the 20th century. It is constructed of ham stone ashlar and features a roof that is part pitched and part flat, measuring approximately 1.3 metres square and just over 2 metres high. The privy has a door on the east gable. It is a rare surviving example of what would have once been a common type of privy in this area.

Local climate

Privy About 15 Metres West of No 21 The Borough receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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