Bryn-Y-Don Calicut is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1976. Farm building.

Bryn-Y-Don Calicut

WRENN ID
waning-wattle-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1976
Type
Farm building
Address
Bryn-Y-Don Calicut, Tythings Court, Minehead
OS grid reference
SS 967 462
Coordinates
51.20611, -3.47955
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bryn-y-Don Calicut consists of farm buildings, likely originally linhays, which have been converted into two cottages. They probably date from the 17th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. The buildings are roughcast over cob on a rubblestone plinth, topped with a thatched roof that steps down over the cottage on the left. There are stacks at the rear left and right. Each cottage has a 1- and 2-unit plan, with a lean-to at the back; the lean-to for Calicut is made of cob and pantile, while Bryn-y-Don's is constructed from 19th-century rubblestone with a slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high and each has a two-window range, featuring 20th-century windows and doors. A door between the cottages leads to a through-passage, and to the right, the bays are defined by circular cob columns.

Inside, Calicut on the left has two chamfered cross-beams on the ground floor. Bryn-y-Don has a covered stud wall in the room to the right and also features two chamfered cross-beams. The circular columns between the bays are visible inside and match the local inlay construction style. The name Tythings Court suggests that this was historically the meeting place for the Minehead tything.

Local climate

Bryn-Y-Don Calicut sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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