Kidners Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Kidners Cottage

WRENN ID
forgotten-baluster-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Kidners Cottage, Bincombe Green, Over Stowey, TA5 1HA
OS grid reference
ST 183 387
Coordinates
51.14223, -3.16844
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kidners Cottage is a cottage dating from the 16th or 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the 19th century. The exterior is roughcast with thatched roofing and features brick and rubble stacks. The building has two storeys, with two bays on the ground floor and one bay above. The ground floor windows are 19th-century casements. There is a door opening on the left side, which is accompanied by a 20th-century lean-to porch and door. Inside, there is a fireplace that includes a broad wooden bressumer.

Local climate

Kidners Cottage receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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