Bradley House is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1961. Country house. 1 related planning application.

Bradley House

WRENN ID
gilded-parapet-plover
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1961
Type
Country house
Address
Bradley House, West Bradley, BA6 8LT
OS grid reference
ST 558 369
Coordinates
51.12989, -2.63263
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bradley House is a country house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with significant alterations made in the late 18th and 19th centuries, including changes to the roof. The building is constructed from coursed and squared rubble with freestone dressings and features a double Roman tile roof that runs north-south. It has a square plan and includes full-height, flat-roofed square bays set diagonally at each corner, topped with tall brick stacks from the 19th century, which are thought to be an Elizabethan design.

The house has three storeys, with two bays on each elevation. Each bay features a single window on every floor, with 12-pane sash windows in reused ovolo-moulded stone architraves on the lower floors, and 6-pane sash windows on the second floor in similar surrounds. The windows in each bay are painted to appear as false windows, and there are continuous weathered strings that rise into hood moulds on the ground and first floors. At the rear, there is a large, irregularly placed stairlight with a semi-circular head and a 22-pane sash window.

The central door opening on the west elevation has paired two-panelled doors and a gabled hood supported by consoles. The interior was almost completely refitted in the late 18th century, including doors and window shutters. However, there are two early fireplaces with stone surrounds featuring 4-centred heads and elaborate moulding, as well as a similar fireplace on the second floor, with the potential for further fireplaces to be uncovered.

Local climate

Bradley House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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