The Roof Tree is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Roof Tree
- WRENN ID
- late-cellar-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Roof Tree, West Street, Somerton, TA11 6QQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 487 285
- Coordinates
- 51.05382, -2.73268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roof Tree is a cottage dating from the early 19th century, located in a row on the north side of West Street in Somerton. It is constructed from local lias stone that is cut and squared, topped with a triple roll clay tile roof featuring coped gables and brick chimney stacks at either end. The building has two storeys and consists of two bays. It features sash windows with 20 panes set in plain openings, which have voussoired flat arches below and dovetailed stone lintels above. The central entrance is a six-panel door with glazed toplights, situated in a matching opening. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Roof Tree 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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