The Laurels, with Front Boundary Railings About 12 Metres East is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Laurels, with Front Boundary Railings About 12 Metres East
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-stronghold-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Laurels, with Front Boundary Railings About 12 Metres East, TA18 8NB
- OS grid reference
- ST 458 081
- Coordinates
- 50.87009, -2.77085
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century, constructed of cut and squared Ham stone with ashlar dressings. It features a thatched roof with a plain north gable and a stepped coped gable to the south, along with brick chimney stacks at each end. The building has two storeys and an attic, with three bays. The windows are plain beaded mullioned types set in shallow architraves, with three-light windows in the outer bays and a two-light window in the upper bay. Below the windows is a six-flush-panel door framed by a moulded architrave, situated under an open timber and thatched roof. There is a casement window in the attic of the north gable, and a thatched and rendered rear extension from the 19th century, which includes a shallow two-storey bay window on the north side. The interior has not been seen. The front boundary to the east is marked by railings with necked spikes set on a low ashlar wall, which has a short return at the north end. There is a pair of matching gates opposite the doorway, hung on metal posts topped with cast urns.
Local climate
The Laurels, with Front Boundary Railings About 12 Metres East receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- 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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