Agecroft is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Cottage.

Agecroft

WRENN ID
nether-stone-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1961
Type
Cottage
Address
Agecroft, Marsh Lane, North Cadbury
OS grid reference
ST 635 294
Coordinates
51.06367, -2.52137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Agecroft is a detached cottage dating from the 17th century, with some earlier fragments. It is constructed from Cary stone rubble and features a thatched roof with plain gables and a brick chimney stack. The building has two storeys and five bays with irregular fenestration. The windows are leaded casements, mostly with three lights and rectangular panes. However, the upper window in bay two has an early pattern diamond leaded window, and the lower window in bay three is a 30-pane bow window.

There is a late 20th-century single-storey, two-bay extension extending from bay five that matches the original structure. On the south gable, there is another single-storey extension with a half-hipped thatched roof of uncertain date, which incorporates an early smoke-blackened roof truss with wattle and daub infill that may date back to the early 16th century. Additionally, there is a small three-light casement window at attic level in the south gable. The entrance to the cottage is now located at the rear. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Agecroft receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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