House Between Chancery House and Tudor Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. House.

House Between Chancery House and Tudor Cottage

WRENN ID
eternal-paling-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1959
Type
House
Address
House Between Chancery House and Tudor Cottage, Market Place, Somerton
OS grid reference
ST 490 285
Coordinates
51.05396, -2.72795
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, located between Chancery House and Tudor Cottage, is a house that now serves as solicitors' offices. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of local lias stone and brickwork, which is rendered and colorwashed, with Ham stone dressings. The roof is shallow pitched and covered with Welsh slate, and there are brick chimney stacks.

The house is a corner property with two storeys and five bays, with the central bay positioned on a curved angle. It features sash windows with 16 panes in plain openings, and a 20-pane sash window in the lower central bay, which is also set on a curve. In the lower bay 1, there is a 6-panelled door beneath a plain fanlight, situated in a deep flat arched recess. Bay 4 has an open Doric portico that frames a pair of 3-panelled doors, which are set in a semi-circular arched recess with a radial-glazed fanlight above, reflecting the Regency style. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

House Between Chancery House and Tudor Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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