Disused Tannery Buildings and Waterwheel Abutting South Side of Combe House Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tannery.
Disused Tannery Buildings and Waterwheel Abutting South Side of Combe House Hotel
- WRENN ID
- outer-porch-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tannery
- OS grid reference
- ST 151 404
- Coordinates
- 51.15741, -3.21513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The disused tannery buildings and waterwheel, now serving as a garage and storehouse, are located on the south side of Combe House Hotel. These structures date from the late 18th century to the early 19th century and were restored in the mid-20th century. They are built of red sandstone random rubble, with the right side rendered, and feature a pantiled roof.
The layout includes a cartshed next to a store, which is fronted by a shelter shed, a waterwheel, a covered way, and an adjoining building that is now part of the hotel. The buildings are one and one and a half storeys high and consist of a 1:3:1:2 bay arrangement. There are gabled dormers in the right bays, 20th-century casement windows, and a central 20th-century window flanked by French windows. The outer left bay has a segmental-headed opening leading to the cartshed, which is next to the store and fronted by a three-bay shelter shed with inner supports.
A large overshot iron waterwheel, inscribed 'J. Culverwell and CD, Bridgwater 1892', is present, along with a catslide roofed bay with brick walls that provides access to the rear. The buildings are listed primarily for their historic interest and their group value with Combe House Hotel.
Local climate
Disused Tannery Buildings and Waterwheel Abutting South Side of Combe House Hotel receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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