Helen's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. House.

Helen's Cottage

WRENN ID
silent-render-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1959
Type
House
Address
Helen's Cottage, Water Lane, Barrington
OS grid reference
ST 394 181
Coordinates
50.95916, -2.86285
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Helen's Cottage is a house dating from around 1600, with alterations made in the 18th century. It is constructed from cob and coursed rubble, with the first floor rendered and a thatched roof. The building features a rendered end stack and an ashlar end stack. It stands two storeys high and has three bays. The ground floor is adorned with three-light moulded stone-mullioned windows, each with drips, while the first floor has three three-light windows. All openings are fitted with iron casements and square-paned leaded lights. The central door opening is framed by a massive wooden architrave with a peaked head, leading to a four-panelled door.

Local climate

Helen's Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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