Oriel Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Oriel Cottage
- WRENN ID
- final-terrace-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Oriel Cottage, Gentle Street, Frome, BA11 1JA
- OS grid reference
- ST 776 478
- Coordinates
- 51.22957, -2.32164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oriel Cottage, dated inside 1709 and 1723, is likely of older construction, with records suggesting it was leased in 1692. The building is presented as a gable-ended structure with two and a half storeys. It is built of rubble and has a pantile roof, with both stone and brick chimneys. The west-facing gable end features a mid-19th century sash window and a door, both set within blocked surrounds. A segmental dormer window is also visible. The north front is slightly angled, and a section of the first floor has been jettied. Mullion windows with ogee and flat moulding, dating to around 1720, are present, along with a more recent wooden casement window. A lower, projecting two-storey gabled wing extends to the north, formerly known as "Mrs Fortune's Dairy". A rear extension, with a pantile roof, incorporates a former cottage that has been converted into a barn. The interior includes stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and it is believed to contain two dated beams (1709 and 1723) and a dated fireplace (1723) on the ground floor, though the fireplace is currently concealed. A stairhead projection has been treated as a blind dormer at the rear.
Local climate
Oriel Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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