Monks Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Cottage.
Monks Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-ember-pigeon
- 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
- Monks Cottage, Church Street, Isle Abbotts
- OS grid reference
- ST 351 209
- Coordinates
- 50.98401, -2.92501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monks Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with some 19th-century alterations. It features modern roughcast on the exterior, with thatched and double-Roman tiled roofs and three brick ridge stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical layout with two bays on each side. On the right side, there are two and three-light casements, with those on the first floor sheltered by thatched bonnet hoods. The left side has a 20th-century two-light casement on the ground floor and two three-light casements on the first floor, which is weather-boarded. There are two door openings: on the left, a plank door with a half-glazed 20th-century porch, and on the right, a half-glazed door also with a thatched bonnet hood.
Local climate
Monks 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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