Moon Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Toll house.
Moon Cottage
- WRENN ID
- bitter-gallery-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Toll house
- Address
- Moon Cottage, Bath Road, Cossington
- OS grid reference
- ST 356 396
- Coordinates
- 51.15287, -2.921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moon Cottage is a toll house that has been converted into a residence. It dates from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, with some alterations and additions made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed and squared rubble and features a thatched roof with undulating eaves, along with colourwashed brick stacks.
The cottage is designed in an L-plan and exhibits a Gothick style. The main facade faces Bath Road and is single-storey with two bays. It has two-light stone mullioned windows that include Y-tracery and pointed heads, with square-paned leaded lights. Similar windows are found at each end of this range, set in shallow pointed head recesses. There is a door opening on the left return with a segmental head, freestone surround, and keystone, featuring a 20th-century door. The other elevations maintain a consistent style. Moon Cottage is an important feature along the roadside and is part of the Bridgwater Turnpike Trust.
Local climate
Moon Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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