The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- tangled-wattle-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Laurels, Chapel Lane, North Cadbury, BA22 7DE
- OS grid reference
- ST 634 276
- Coordinates
- 51.04692, -2.52233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a detached cottage dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from Cary stone that has been cut and squared, topped with a plain clay tile roof featuring stepped coped gables and brick end chimney stacks. The building stands two storeys high and has three bays. The ground floor is fitted with sash windows that have 16 panes, with sash boxes that are nearly flush and are set under voussoired flat arches. In the second bay on the ground floor, there is a 20th-century part-glazed door that is sheltered by a timber lean-to hood. At the rear, there is an outshut. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Laurels receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- 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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