Stables and Cart Shed Immediately South South East of Lower Cockhill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1999. Stable, cart shed. 2 related planning applications.

Stables and Cart Shed Immediately South South East of Lower Cockhill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
eternal-pediment-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1999
Type
Stable, cart shed
Address
Stables and Cart Shed Immediately South South East of Lower Cockhill Farmhouse, Castle Cary, BA7 7NZ
OS grid reference
ST 625 311
Coordinates
51.07845, -2.53625
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a stable and cart-shed range located immediately southeast of Lower Cockhill Farmhouse, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with dressed stone quoins and features a gable-ended roof covered in corrugated iron sheets.

The structure is rectangular in plan, with the stables situated at the north end and a two-bay cart-shed at the south end. It is one storey high with a loft. The west front has a projection on the right, featuring an open-fronted two-bay cart-shed. There is a central doorway with chamfered stone jambs and a chamfered timber lintel, along with a window on the left that has a 20th-century metal frame. The north gable end has a wide doorway on the right, which is partly blocked and has a smaller door inserted. Above this doorway is a wooden ovolo-moulded three-light window frame with carpenter's mitres. The rear, or east side, has a window on the right with a 20th-century metal frame and blocked cart entrances on the left. There is also a loft doorway in the south gable end.

Inside, the stables at the north end feature two unchamfered cross-beams and one deeply chamfered cross-beam with hollow-step stops at one end. The joists are unchamfered. The roof is made of elm and consists of six bays with two tiers of tenoned purlins, common rafters, and a diagonal ridgepiece. The two trusses at the north end have dovetail halved and lapped collars, while the two trusses at the south end have later collars nailed to the principals at a high level.

Local climate

Stables and Cart Shed Immediately South South East of Lower Cockhill Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2003
  • 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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