The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- woven-sill-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, Stoke St. Gregory, TA3 6HY
- OS grid reference
- ST 337 268
- Coordinates
- 51.03744, -2.94626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a house dating from around 1830, originally shown on the Ordnance Survey map as Laurel Villa. It is constructed from squared and coursed blue lias stone and features a hipped slate roof with brick stacks rising on the returns. The building has a double pile design and stands two storeys tall with three bays. It includes 12-pane sash windows, a central doorway with a semi-circular head, a fanlight, and a six-panel door.
Local climate
The Laurels 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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