Vinces Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. House. 1 related planning application.
Vinces Cottage
- WRENN ID
- south-cloister-owl
- 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
- Vinces Cottage, Royces Lane, Barrington, TA19 0JB
- OS grid reference
- ST 389 181
- Coordinates
- 50.95921, -2.87006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Vinces Cottage is a house that dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble, has coped verges, brick stacks, and a thatched roof. The building is one storey and has an attic, featuring four bays on the ground floor. It includes two and three-light casement windows with square-paned leaded lights, and there are two three-light windows on the first floor that are covered by bonnet hoods. The door opening is centrally located and has a 20th-century door. Inside, there are notable features such as a shouldered doorway, a smoke hood, and a roof made of cruck construction.
Local climate
Vinces Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- 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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