The Limes is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. Country house. 5 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- blind-sandstone-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- The Limes, Water Street, Curry Rivel, TA10 0EY
- OS grid reference
- ST 389 253
- Coordinates
- 51.02392, -2.8719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a small country house dating back to the early 18th century, with a later 19th-century addition and alteration. The principal facade is constructed of coursed and squared lias stone, with dressings of Ham stone, including alternating quoins and a cornice. It has a raised slate roof and reconstituted stone stacks. A large glazed lantern with a finial sits at the centre of the roof. The house is two storeys and an attic, with five bays, featuring 12-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars and edge-moulded stone architraves. The central door opening contains an eight-panelled door, the top four panels being glazed, set within a stone doorcase with flanking Roman-Doric columns, an entablature, and a triangular pediment. A later range of slated brick and lias is located at the rear. There is a Victorian conservatory on the left return. The interior displays notable features, including ornamental plasterwork and joinery.
Local climate
The Limes receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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