The Village Pound is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Pound.
The Village Pound
- WRENN ID
- eternal-pinnacle-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Pound
- Address
- The Village Pound, Kingsdon
- OS grid reference
- ST 517 263
- Coordinates
- 51.03447, -2.68982
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Pound is a village pound, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from cut and squared lias stone, featuring a top course of stones set vertically. The walls enclose an area of approximately 9 meters by 9 meters and stand, on average, about 1.2 meters high. The gate is missing.
Local climate
The Village Pound receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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