34 The Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Cottage.
34 The Folly
- WRENN ID
- buried-niche-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 34 The Folly, Chewton Mendip, BA3 4LG
- OS grid reference
- ST 597 527
- Coordinates
- 51.27261, -2.57867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
34 The Folly is a cottage dating from the 18th century. It features an enriched freestone datestone on the front, which has a semi-circular head, flanking pilasters, a keystone, and raised lettering that reads "C W A 1785". The building is constructed of coursed rubble and has a triple-Roman tile roof, along with a restored squared rubble stack. It is square in plan, consisting of a single bay and two storeys. The cottage has two-light stone mullioned windows, with the ground floor window featuring a stopped label. To the left is a door opening that contains a 20th-century half-glazed door, which is sheltered by a concrete slab hood and a solid-sided porch.
Local climate
34 The Folly receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings