Ford Cottage and Outbuildings About 25 Metres West of the Court is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. Cottage, outbuilding. 2 related planning applications.

Ford Cottage and Outbuildings About 25 Metres West of the Court

WRENN ID
under-outpost-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1959
Type
Cottage, outbuilding
Address
Ford Cottage and Outbuildings About 25 Metres West of the Court, TA11 7AL
OS grid reference
ST 527 284
Coordinates
51.05324, -2.67551
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ford Cottage and associated outbuildings, located approximately 25 metres west of The Court, is a cottage and outbuilding complex. It was originally built in 1792, with significant reshaping work undertaken in 1951. The construction utilizes local lias stone, cut and squared, with Welsh slate roofing and overhung gables. Brick chimney stacks are also present. The building is arranged as a T-plan, featuring a one-story, three-bay north wing. This wing has chamfered mullioned windows with square labels over bays 2 and 3, and a matching window within a single-story projection from bay 1. The roof incorporates a flat, dormer window featuring a three-light casement in bay 2. Two datestones are situated within bay 3; the upper stone reads "RF 1792" (referring to Richard Ford, the rector, who also rebuilt The Court) and the lower stone reads "Ford Cottage 1951." The primary entrance is on the north side. The interior remains unexamined. Outbuildings extend westward and southward, the southern extension including a through wagon arch with weatherboard cladding above, followed by stables and other ancillary structures. A catslide roofed extension is on the west side. The complex forms a visually appealing group with The Court.

Local climate

Ford Cottage and Outbuildings About 25 Metres West of the Court receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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