Poyntz Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. A Medieval Cottage.
Poyntz Cottage
- WRENN ID
- leaning-shingle-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Poyntz Cottage, Gay Street, Mells
- OS grid reference
- ST 725 490
- Coordinates
- 51.23987, -2.394
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poyntz Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was formerly two separate buildings. It is constructed from Doulting and local limestone rubble and features a thatched roof with brick stacks. The cottage has a picturesque "L"-shaped plan and is one storey high with an attic, comprising three bays. The windows are casements, with those on the first floor set in two coped gables that have bases for finials. There is a door opening to the left, which is a four-panelled door, and a blocked opening between the second and third bays. The right return of the cottage consists of two bays.
Local climate
Poyntz Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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