Brownsells is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Brownsells
- WRENN ID
- blind-dormer-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brownsells, Fitzhead
- OS grid reference
- ST 127 282
- Coordinates
- 51.04737, -3.2461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brownsells is a house dating from the early 19th century, possibly incorporating an earlier dwelling. It features a rendered exterior that is grooved to resemble ashlar stone, with voussoirs and expressed quoins. The roof has a shallow pitch and is covered in slate, with a hipped projecting bay on the right side and brick chimney stacks. The building is two stories high and has a symmetrical layout with one entrance and four bays. The windows are 20th-century casements with two and three lights, which include glazing bars. The entrance is located in the second bay from the right and is sheltered by a late 19th-century porch that has a gabled slate roof, ridge tiles, and a finial, with a partially glazed door from the mid-20th century. The interior has not been viewed.
Local climate
Brownsells receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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