Merle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Merle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- silver-mullion-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Merle Cottage, Little Street, Norton Sub Hamdon, TA14 6SH
- OS grid reference
- ST 470 157
- Coordinates
- 50.93919, -2.75445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merle Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of ham stone rubble with ashlar dressings and has a triple-roll clay tiled roof with high, stepped coped gables. A ball finial sits atop the west gable, indicating that the roof was formerly thatched. A stone chimney stack with a baffle top is located at the east end. The cottage is two storeys high and has an irregular fenestration pattern across three bays. It features plain mullioned windows with slight chamfers, containing 2, 1, and 2 lights on the upper floor, and a 2-light window below. A 20th-century lean-to porch, matching the style of the cottage, has been added to the lower bay, containing a 20th-century casement window and door on its east side. The interior remains unseen.
Local climate
Merle Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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