Myrtle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1963. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Myrtle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fossil-threshold-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1963
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Myrtle Cottage, Ward Lane, Chedzoy, TA7 8RL
- OS grid reference
- ST 341 376
- Coordinates
- 51.13406, -2.943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Myrtle Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 17th century, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of cob, which is smooth rendered and colourwashed, and features a thatched roof with a brick stack. The building is single storey with an attic and has a road frontage of two bays. On the ground floor, there are two small casements, one of which has glazing bars, and on the first floor, there are two 2-light casements with glazing bars, both situated under bonnet-hoods. To the west, there is a single-storeyed outshut with a casement in its west face and a swept down thatched roof. At the rear, there is a door opening with a plank door. The interior shows evidence of a cruck roof.
Local climate
Myrtle Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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