Oak Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Cottage.

Oak Cottage

WRENN ID
muted-granite-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Oak Cottage, Top Street, Kingsdon
OS grid reference
ST 516 262
Coordinates
51.03354, -2.69041
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oak Cottage is a semi-detached cottage dating from the early 17th century, with some modifications. It is constructed from local lias stone that has been cut and squared, topped with a thatched roof featuring coped gables and stone chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays. The windows are leaded casements of three lights, all of which are 20th-century replacements, and are set under timber lintels. The entrance door is located in the lower bay of the second section.

On the west gable, there is a small two-light mullioned window with remnants of a lias stone label, next to a low two-storey extension that has a half-hipped roof covered with double Roman clay tiles. The rear of the cottage has an outshut and other additions. Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to feature a cross passage with a two-room plan, including one room with a stud and panel partition and another with an in-and-out plank partition. The west room has a four-panel ceiling with plain chamfered beams, a gable fireplace, and a circular staircase alongside it. The beams and fireplace in the east room have scroll stop chamfers, and there is a brick-lined oven in that room as well. The roof structure consists of collar beam trusses.

Local climate

Oak Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 63% 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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