The Witches is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Semi-bungalow.
The Witches
- WRENN ID
- solitary-span-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Semi-bungalow
- Address
- The Witches, High Street, Queen Camel
- OS grid reference
- ST 595 248
- Coordinates
- 51.02168, -2.57817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Witches is a detached semi-bungalow built in 1874. It is constructed from local lias stone that is cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings. The roof is covered with plain clay tiles and features simple overhung gables, along with an ashlar chimney stack that has a moulded cap. The building is single-storey with attics and consists of four bays. It has chamfer mullioned windows with diamond leaded panes; the lower set is positioned under relieving arches. Most windows are two-light, but there is a single-light window in bay three and a three-light window in bay four. The outer bays are gabled and have attic windows, with a small timber casement in a pitched-roof dormer window above bay three. Bay two features a pitched roof porch with a chamfered cambered arched doorway and a boarded door. There is a datestone in the gable of bay one. The interior has not been seen. This building is noted as a surprisingly advanced example for its date and is included mainly for its significant group and streetscape value.
Local climate
The Witches 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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