The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stony-nave-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, 8, Kilmersdon, BA3 5ST
- OS grid reference
- ST 697 522
- Coordinates
- 51.26842, -2.43531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a building located in Kilmersdon Village, originally two cottages that have been converted into a single dwelling. It dates from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. The structure is made of coursed rubble and features a thatched roof with brick stacks.
The cottage is two storeys high with an irregular arrangement of windows. The road-facing side has one bay on the left, which is blank except for a small circular window, and two bays on the right. On the first floor, there are two-light stone-mullioned windows with very shallow eyebrows, while the ground floor has a two-light casement window with a wooden lintel. A plank door is situated in the centre, topped with a gabled hood. The left side of the building continues in a style that roughly matches the front.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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