Monks' Reredorter, Muchelney Abbey is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. Barn.
Monks' Reredorter, Muchelney Abbey
- WRENN ID
- lunar-spindle-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- ST 428 248
- Coordinates
- 51.01989, -2.81583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monks' Reredorter at Muchelney Abbey is a structure that likely dates back to the 13th century and originally served as a reredorter for the Benedictine Abbey. It is constructed from local lias stone with Ham stone quoins and features a half hipped thatched roof. The building is raised to a single storey.
The entrance is located on the north side, accessed by a 20th-century flight of stone steps leading to a modern door, which is set beneath a timber weatherboarded half gable. On the south gable, there is a pointed arched chamfered doorway below and a single lancet window above. The west wall displays a low arcade of five pointed arches, although a section of the upper wall has been rebuilt. A 20th-century lean-to has been added against the east wall, which includes barn-type ventilation slits. The roof frame has also been modernized.
The building is under the guardianship of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Somerset County.
Local climate
Monks' Reredorter, Muchelney Abbey receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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