The Poacher's Pocket is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Inn.
The Poacher's Pocket
- WRENN ID
- burning-iron-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Poacher's Pocket, Doulting
- OS grid reference
- ST 649 439
- Coordinates
- 51.19386, -2.50355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poacher's Pocket is an inn that dates from the 18th century, with alterations from the 19th century. It features coursed and squared rubble, reconstituted stone, and brick stacks, topped with double-Roman tile roofs and coped verges. The building has an L-shaped frontage and is two storeys high, with three bays on the left and one bay on the right that projects under a front-facing gable. The left bays contain 2 and 3-light casements, each with a single horizontal glazing bar. The right bay has 2-light stone-mullioned windows with stopped labels. The principal door is located at the center of the left three bays, framed by a moulded stone architrave and topped with a triangular pediment on brackets, leading to a 20th-century door. The further bay to the right also has 2-light stone-mullioned windows. Inside, there is a fireplace featuring a wooden bressumer.
Local climate
The Poacher's Pocket receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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