Chantry Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Chantry Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chantry Cottage, Wild Oak Lane, Trull
- OS grid reference
- ST 216 222
- Coordinates
- 50.99421, -3.11837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chantry Cottage, formerly known as Church Cottage, is possibly a priest's house that has been converted into a cottage. It likely dates from the late medieval period, with alterations made in the 17th century and further modifications and extensions in the mid-20th century. The exterior features roughcast over random rubble on the front facade, while the rear elevation and right gable end are finished in colour washed brick. The thatched roof is hipped to the right, with coped verges on the left gable end. A large external stepped stone stack with Ham stone dressings is located on the left gable, and there is a tall brick stack rising from the eaves on the right.
The building has a plan that consists of two cells and a cross passage, situated at the northern corner of the churchyard of All Saints Church. It is one and a half storeys high, with a two-light dormer above the entrance. The ground floor features a central entrance with a 20th-century door, flanked by 20th-century windows, and another window in a single-storey extension to the right. On the left return, there is a first-floor moulded surround to a stairlight located to the left of the stack, and a similar 20th-century two-light window on the right.
The interior has not been viewed but is said to contain remains of a stud and plank screen with a pointed arched doorway. The north room features a heavily moulded framed compartment ceiling, which has been reset and somewhat altered. The south gable end has a fireplace with a moulded wooden lintel and stone jambs, and there is a transverse ceiling bead with evidence of painted decoration thought to be inserted. Evidence of timber framing can be seen in the east wall, and the building has a jointed cruck roof with post and truss construction at the north end. It has been suggested that the external stack on the south gable end was a later addition.
Local climate
Chantry Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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