Leigh Hill Gate and Crib Close is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Cottage.

Leigh Hill Gate and Crib Close

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Leigh Hill Gate and Crib Close, Pitminster
OS grid reference
ST 189 176
Coordinates
50.95281, -3.15494
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Leigh Hill Gate and Crib Close is a detached cottage that dates back to the 17th century, with later modifications. The building is constructed of roughcast on stone and cob, with one gable on the west side made of coursed rubble. It features a hipped thatched roof, with one early field-stone chimney stack and one later 20th-century brick stack. The original structure is L-shaped, with a through-way that separates the living area from the byre or farm outbuilding. A wing was added later on the west side, and the cottage is one and a half storeys tall.

The elevations display a mix of 2 or 3-light casement windows, primarily made of steel. On the east side, there are two windows with eyebrows above the thatch and a small 2-light casement in an eyebrow on the south wing. A plank door is located between a 3-light casement and a late 20th-century French door on the east front. This side also features two large square openings, one on the far left with a plank door and the other blocked. Above these openings is a date stone inscribed roughly with "William Allen 1738". There is also a reported date of 1609 or 1669 associated with the central stack. On the west side, there is another plank door in a large square opening beneath a small light in an eyebrow.

Inside, the cottage retains some original roof timbers, a few rough chamfered beams, and one modified fire opening under a timber bressumer supported by timber posts as cheeks, although the one to the right may have been added later. The floor in the southern wing is made of broken lias slabs.

Local climate

Leigh Hill Gate and Crib Close receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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