Pair of Canal Workers' Cottages at Entrance to Former Canal Basin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

Pair of Canal Workers' Cottages at Entrance to Former Canal Basin

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Pair of Canal Workers' Cottages at Entrance to Former Canal Basin, Hambridge and Westport
OS grid reference
ST 385 198
Coordinates
50.97516, -2.87705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of canal workers' cottages dating from around 1836, located at the entrance to a former canal basin. The cottages are constructed of coursed rubble, with one side rendered. They feature coped verges and a slate roof, along with a brick stack and a coursed and squared rubble stack. The buildings are two storeys high and consist of two bays, with 2-light casements that have segmental heads and rubble voussoirs. There are two door openings: to the left is a late 19th-century half-glazed porch with a panelled door, and to the right are paired 20th-century glazed doors. These cottages are part of an important group of early 19th-century canal buildings and are associated with the former Westport Canal.

Local climate

Pair of Canal Workers' Cottages at Entrance to Former Canal Basin receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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