Stowey Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Lodge.

Stowey Lodge

WRENN ID
lunar-baluster-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Lodge
Address
Stowey Lodge, West Quantoxhead
OS grid reference
ST 116 425
Coordinates
51.17554, -3.2656
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Stowey Lodge is a 19th-century building, constructed in 1850, designed by architect John Norton. It serves as a lodge for St. Audries and is now a dwelling. The structure is made from Sampford Brett red sandstone with Bath stone dressings and features quoins, V-shaped tiles, coped verges, kneelers, and a decorative finial on the south gable end. The east front has large external stepped ashlar and random rubble stacks, while the west gable end features an octagonal ashlar stack with a broached sprocket.

The plan consists of a gabled block oriented north-south, with a gabled west crossing and an entrance located in the angle on the south front. The south front has one and a half storeys with a symmetrical arrangement of bays, all topped with Tudor arched heads and horizontal glazing bars. On the left, there is a gabled single light dormer, and to the right, a 2-light casement window under a hood mould. The ground floor mirrors this with a similar 2-light casement on the left and a crenellated 5-light canted bay on the right. The centre features a Tudor arched doorway with a ledge and plank door, set within a flat-roofed porch that has a moulded cornice and a parapet raised with an inset square panel displaying a coat of arms. Originally, the building was known as Fairfield Lodge. The interior has not been viewed.

Local climate

Stowey Lodge receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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