Clarke's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Cottage.
Clarke's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- turning-cobble-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Clarke's Cottage, High Street, Rimpton
- OS grid reference
- ST 609 217
- Coordinates
- 50.99425, -2.55795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clarke's Cottage is a Grade II listed building that was originally three separate cottages, dating from the late 17th century. The cottage is constructed of stone, with some parts rendered and colorwashed, and features a thatched roof and porch, along with brick chimney stacks. It has a through passage plan and is single-storey with an attic, comprising five bays.
The porch is off-center in the third bay and has timber sides, protecting an early 20th-century Tudor style door. There is one reconstructed stone mullioned window, while the ground floor has two-light leaded casement windows. Above, there are two three-light casement windows set into the thatch, with the right window being of early date and featuring old leading. The rear of the cottage has more casement windows, and there is a massive timber door frame from the 17th century with a pointed arch, which contains a door from the 18th or 19th century that is said to have come from Shepton Mallet prison. Inside, several 17th-century features can be found, including a fine fireplace with a wood surround in the middle room downstairs.
Local climate
Clarke's Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
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