The Clerks House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. A C17 House. 3 related planning applications.
The Clerks House
- WRENN ID
- sacred-forge-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Clerks House, Pound Lane, Martock, TA12 6LU
- OS grid reference
- ST 460 191
- Coordinates
- 50.96892, -2.76918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clerks House is a semi-detached house dating from the 17th century, with some modifications. It is constructed from coursed rubble of Ham stone and features a plain clay tiled roof with stepped coped gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has a T-shaped plan and consists of two storeys with an attic, displaying a three-bay north elevation that includes an outshut at the rear.
In the first bay, there is a three-light horizontal bar casement window. The second bay features a four-light hollow chamfer mullioned window without a label, while the third bay has a single light window that matches the first. Between the first and second bays, there is a plain boarded door set in a plain opening. On the east side of the outshut, there is a two-light ovolo moulded mullioned window with a square label below, and above it, a two-light hollow chamfer mullioned window with unworked top mitres and no label.
The west gable has a flat-roofed porch extension, and above this, there are 20th-century windows with artificial stone surrounds. Projecting from the south side of the original facade is a wing from the 18th or 19th century, which includes another outshut on the west side. The east elevation of this wing features two 16-pane sash windows above, with a doorway situated between the bays below. On the southeast corner of the original facade, there are three-light hollow chamfer mullioned windows with labels at both levels. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Clerks House 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.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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