Myrtle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

Myrtle Cottage

WRENN ID
vast-moat-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Myrtle Cottage, Folly Road, Kingsbury Episcopi
OS grid reference
ST 432 208
Coordinates
50.98435, -2.80919
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Myrtle Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the 19th century. It is constructed of brick on a rubble plinth, featuring coped verges and a thatched roof with three brick stacks. The building is single storey with an attic and has four bays. The windows include 1, 3, and 4-light casements with glazing bars, and those on the first floor are positioned under thatched bonnet hoods. There is a door opening in the second bay, which features a plank door.

Local climate

Myrtle Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 62% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Veda Cottage and Home Farm Cottage Grade II 31 m
  2. The Manor House Grade II 35 m
  3. White Cottage Grade II 54 m
  4. Home Farmhouse with Garden and Forecourt Walls Grade II 57 m
  5. Forecourt Railings to Garden Directly Opposite Home Farmhouse Grade II 60 m
  6. Dudmoor House Grade II 87 m
  7. Dudmoor Cottage and Dudmoor Corner Cottage Grade II 95 m
  8. Forecourt Railings Bounding Roadside at the Post Office Grade II 188 m
  9. The Post Office Grade II 189 m
  10. Penny Cottage Grade II 207 m