Squirrelsmead Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Squirrelsmead Cottage
- WRENN ID
- over-glass-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Squirrelsmead Cottage, South Drove, Fivehead, TA3 6QY
- OS grid reference
- ST 337 238
- Coordinates
- 51.0104, -2.94581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Squirrelsmead Cottage is a 16th-century cottage that was restored in the 20th century. It has a roughcast exterior and a double-Roman tiled roof, along with two brick stacks. The building is long and low in shape, functioning as an open-hall house that was later floored. It stands two storeys high and consists of three bays, featuring 2-light casements. There is a 20th-century lean-to porch at the front. Inside, the cottage contains significant features, including crucks with smoke blackening, as noted in an unpublished report by the Victoria Archaeological Group.
Local climate
Squirrelsmead Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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