Walls enclosing south car park, about 150 m south of Montacute House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Wall. 5 related planning applications.

Walls enclosing south car park, about 150 m south of Montacute House

WRENN ID
stubborn-landing-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Wall
Address
Walls enclosing south car park, about 150 m south of Montacute House, the Borough, TA15 6XP
OS grid reference
ST 498 170
Coordinates
50.95045, -2.71487
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls enclosing the former nursery, now part of the car park, are located about 150 meters south of Montacute House and are likely from the 19th century. They are primarily constructed of Ham stone rubble and stand approximately 3 meters high, featuring a thin coping.

The west wall extends northward from No. 1 The Borough and includes an inserted three-centred arch for the main drive. Opposite The Lodge, there is a gateway with a moulded cambered arched doorway set in a hollowed rectangular recess, complete with a boarded and studded gate. A short return northward has a blocked elliptical arch, and the slightly higher wall is lined with brick along the north and east sides, likely for the cultivation of fruit trees. In the northeast corner, there is a small building with a simple window and a pyramidal Welsh slate roof behind a parapet, with eaves that align with the lower east wall. The south wall features a row of upright stones on top as coping, and part of the eastern length may be 20th-century work. A later 20th-century break in the north wall, with plain near ashlar piers, provides access to the main car park. Some sections of the wall may date back earlier, as a rough survey map from 1782 indicates a plot resembling this area.

Local climate

Walls enclosing south car park, about 150 m south of Montacute House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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