Drake's Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. A Georgian Cottage.

Drake's Lodge

WRENN ID
narrow-sentry-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1951
Type
Cottage
Period
Georgian
Address
Drake's Lodge, Taunton Road, Wellington
OS grid reference
ST 141 209
Coordinates
50.98128, -3.22423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Drake's Lodge is a single-storey, double-fronted cottage from the early 19th century. It features plastered walls, with a slightly projecting central section. The cottage has a slate roof. Although the original trelliswork and porch have been removed, it retains large wooden-framed windows and a glazed porch.

Local climate

Drake's Lodge receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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