Westralia is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Cottage.
Westralia
- WRENN ID
- cold-flagstone-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Westralia, Bicknoller
- OS grid reference
- ST 095 398
- Coordinates
- 51.15082, -3.29421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westralia is a cottage that likely originated as part of a larger building that is now lost or possibly part of Manor Fara. It dates from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century and extensive changes in the early 20th century. The structure is made of colourwashed random rubble and features a double Roman tile roof with overhanging eaves supported by sprockets and brick stacks on both the left and right sides.
The cottage is two storeys high and has two bays. The first floor has early 20th-century two-light casement windows, while the ground floor features a canted bay and plain tiled pentice roof, with sash windows that include marginal glazing bars on the right and a single light 20th-century window to the left of a gabled, tiled, random rubble porch that has a 20th-century plank door.
Inside, the cottage reveals a surprising contrast to its exterior. The ground floor appears to have originally been one large room, indicated by the regular placement of plasterwork fleur de lys and roses between stop-chamfered beams with run-out stops. On the upper floor, the right gable end displays an unidentified coat of arms within a strap work surround, and two pairs of jointed crucks are visible. The history of the house's evolution remains unclear.
Local climate
Westralia 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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