Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Court House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-hammer-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Court House, Lower Street, West and Middle Chinnock, TA18 7PT
- OS grid reference
- ST 468 136
- Coordinates
- 50.91951, -2.75775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Court House is a cottage dating from the 17th or early 18th century, constructed from local stone rubble with Ham stone dressings. It features a thatched roof with coped gables and has brick chimney stacks at both ends and in the middle. The building is two stories tall and has six bays, with the main (south) elevation facing at a right angle to the road. It includes two- and three-light casement windows, mostly leaded, with several older examples. There are plain doorways with timber and stone slab porches at bays two and five. Although the interior has not been seen, a report from February 1983 mentions chamfered beams with step and run-out stops, one 17th century and one 18th century fireplace, fielded panel doors, and collar beam trusses. The origin of the name "Court House" is not explained.
Local climate
Court House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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