Bridge House and Cottage to North West is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. A C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
Bridge House and Cottage to North West
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bridge House and Cottage to North West, 1, Bridge Street, Frome, BA11 1AS
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 481
- Coordinates
- 51.23232, -2.32011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bridge House and the cottage to the northwest are early 19th century features of a building that dates back to around the mid-18th century. The structure is designed in an 'L' plan and is constructed from coursed rubble, featuring relieving arches, a moulded cornice, and a parapet. The roof is modern pantile, hipped to the left, and there are two ashlar chimneys with moulded capping. A cast iron rainwater head on the right-hand gable is decorated with wreaths. The building has three cambered head dormers and is two storeys high, with three sash windows that include glazing bars and moulded architraves.
A projecting central porch, added in the later 18th century, is walled and features an entablature supported by pilasters. Inside, there is a mid-18th century doorpiece with a raised surround and brackets to a pediment that is broken to accommodate a ball. The interior was altered around 1800, featuring a wide entrance hall and a staircase in a circular well at the rear, with moulded soffits to the steps and wood grained finishes. There are two fireplaces on the ground floor, one at the front and another at the rear left, both with eared surrounds, marble cheeks, and decorative Adam style friezes. The shutters and doors inside have raised and fielded panels.
At the rear, there is an 'L'-plan extension with three gables facing the courtyard, one of which has a sundial. At right angles to the northwest is a 1½ storey cottage made of rubble with a pantile roof, partly covered with stone tiles.
Local climate
Bridge House and Cottage to North West receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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