Melcombe is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. House. 2 related planning applications.

Melcombe

WRENN ID
blind-fireplace-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
House
Address
Melcombe, Gay Street, Mells, BA11 3PT
OS grid reference
ST 725 490
Coordinates
51.23962, -2.39392
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Melcombe is a house dating from the late 18th century. It features a façade rendered to resemble blockwork, with coped verges, brick end stacks, and a stone tile roof. The building is symmetrical, standing two storeys high with three bays. It has paired 12-pane sash windows and a single central window on the first floor that has a semi-circular head with Gothic glazing. The central door opening is framed by a bead-moulded stone surround and contains a six-panelled door, with the top two panels glazed. Above the door is a curved wooden hood supported by cut stone brackets. To the left side, there is a lower-height outshut with a hay loft opening on the first floor, featuring a plank door, and below it is another door opening, also with a plank door.

Local climate

Melcombe receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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