Cottage to North East of Holcombe (Brookside) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Cottage.
Cottage to North East of Holcombe (Brookside)
- WRENN ID
- bitter-jamb-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cottage to North East of Holcombe (Brookside), Spaxton
- OS grid reference
- ST 189 353
- Coordinates
- 51.11164, -3.15958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located to the north-east of Holcombe (Brookside), dates from the 16th or 17th century and has undergone some later alterations. It features a rendered and colourwashed exterior with a thatched roof and a rubble stack on the right side. The building has a gable entry plan and is a single storey with an attic. There are two windows on the ground floor, which are 2-light casements with leaded lights and wooden lintels. In the attic, there is a similar casement window set under an eyebrow. The door opening is located on the right return and has a plank door. Adjacent to the door is a projecting bread oven, and there is also a 20th-century lean-to attached to the cottage.
Local climate
Cottage to North East of Holcombe (Brookside) receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
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