Compton House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. House.
Compton House
- WRENN ID
- dusk-spire-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Compton House, East Compton Lane, Pilton
- OS grid reference
- ST 616 414
- Coordinates
- 51.17131, -2.55039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Compton House is an early 19th-century house located on East Compton Lane in Pilton. It is constructed of Doulting ashlar stone and features a moulded cornice, a parapet with coping, and coped verges. The building has an M-shaped slate roof with end ashlar stacks. The symmetrical front has two storeys and three bays, with 12-pane sash windows. The central door opening contains a six-panelled door, with the top four panels being glazed. A stone portico supported by twin Tuscan columns and featuring a flat entablature and moulded cornice enhances the entrance. At the rear, there is a window with a semi-circular head.
Local climate
Compton House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% 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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