Rose Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rose Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-foundation-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rose Cottage, Litton, BA3 4PW
- OS grid reference
- ST 594 546
- Coordinates
- 51.28926, -2.58251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Cottage is a house dating from the mid to late 18th century, with some alterations from the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed and squared rubble, featuring rusticated ashlared alternating painted quoins. The roof is covered with double Roman tiles and has a crested ridge, with brick stacks at each end. The front of the house is symmetrical, with two storeys and three bays, each bay containing 12-pane sash windows set in moulded painted stone architraves. The central door opening has a moulded architrave and a six-panelled door, topped with a triangular pediment supported by consoles.
Local climate
Rose Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- 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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