House, 50 Metres North West of Vobster Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. House.

House, 50 Metres North West of Vobster Bridge

WRENN ID
north-lintel-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
ST 704 490
Coordinates
51.23998, -2.42405
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century house located 50 metres northwest of Vobster Bridge. It is built from painted rubble and has a thatched roof with 20th-century brick stacks. The building has an "L"-shaped plan and features an irregular facade that is two storeys high with four bays. Most of the windows are casements, except for an ovolo moulded stone mullioned window located in the second bay on the ground floor. The left side of the house has a two-bay return with a reserved chamfer mullioned window that has a label above it. There are two door openings at the rear; the left door is in a 20th-century thatched porch and features a 20th-century panelled door, while the right door is a plank door situated on the first floor, accessible by a curving flight of stone steps with a rubble parapet.

Local climate

House, 50 Metres North West of Vobster Bridge 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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