Silver Ash is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. House. 1 related planning application.

Silver Ash

WRENN ID
tall-floor-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1961
Type
House
Address
Silver Ash, South Street, Castle Cary, BA7 7ET
OS grid reference
ST 637 318
Coordinates
51.08454, -2.51929
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Silver Ash is a detached house dating from the early 19th century. It is built of red brick in Flemish bond and is colourwashed, topped with a Welsh slate roof that features stepped coped gables and brick end chimney stacks. The house has an 'L' plan and stands two storeys high with three bays.

The front facade includes sash windows with 12 panes set in plain openings, complete with stone cills and gauged brick flat arches. The central bay features a six-flush-panel door, with the top two panels glazed, framed by a plinthed architrave and topped with a pedimented hood supported by false corbel brackets, accessed by four steps.

On the south gable, there is a lower one-bay extension with a clay tiled roof. This extension has a 4-pane sash window above and below, there is a chamfered projection with a hipped Welsh slate roof, a central door, and 12-pane sashes set in splays. The extension is noted to be in poor condition as of January 1985. There is also a later extension at the rear of the house. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Silver Ash 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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