Downside House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Downside House
- WRENN ID
- lone-entrance-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Downside House, Wells Road, Chilcompton, BA3 4EU
- OS grid reference
- ST 648 513
- Coordinates
- 51.26018, -2.50459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downside House is a house dating from the 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed and squared rubble with a slate roof and coped verges. The building features two pairs of polygonal stone stacks with caps. The symmetrical two-storey front has five bays, with 2-light casements set in moulded stone architraves. The central window on the first floor has a semi-circular head, which is highlighted by imposts and a keystone. The central door opening has an architrave with double half-glazed doors and a triangular pediment supported by brackets.
Local climate
Downside House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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