South and East Boundary Walls, Railings and Gates to South Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Boundary walls, railings, gates.
South and East Boundary Walls, Railings and Gates to South Cottage
- WRENN ID
- calm-stair-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Boundary walls, railings, gates
- Address
- South and East Boundary Walls, Railings and Gates to South Cottage, South Street, Castle Cary, South Somerset
- OS grid reference
- ST 637 319
- Coordinates
- 51.08556, -2.51841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The south and east boundary walls, railings, and gates to South Cottage were mostly built in the 19th century. The south and part of the east boundary consists of Cary stone rubble topped with Doulting stone copings, reaching an average height of 3 metres. At the corner, there are 20th-century ashlar gate piers with wrought-iron gates. The remaining section of the east boundary wall, which aligns with South Cottage, features a lias ashlar base wall that varies in height from 600 millimetres to 1.2 metres. This is capped by 1 metre high wrought-iron railings with spear-tops and curve-braced standards. This boundary structure not only enhances the setting of South Cottage but also plays an important role in the streetscape at a focal point.
Local climate
South and East Boundary Walls, Railings and Gates to South Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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