Northover Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Cottage.

Northover Cottage

WRENN ID
grim-gable-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Northover Cottage, Roman Road, Ilchester
OS grid reference
ST 522 229
Coordinates
51.00368, -2.68261
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Northover Cottage is a semi-detached cottage dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from local grey lias stone, with Ham stone dressings around the openings. The roof is hipped and covered with Welsh slate, featuring clay ridge tiles, and there is a shared central tall brick chimney stack. The cottage has two storeys and four bays.

On the upper floor, there are two-light small-pane casements with toplights set in segmental arched openings. On the ground floor, to the right of the first bay, there is a 2-light small-pane casement with a lower flat head, while bays two, three, and four match the first floor. To the right of the second bay, there is a segmental arched doorway with a studded boarded door and a glazed panel. Projecting from the first bay is a single-storey, single-bay wing that matches the main structure, complete with a brick chimney stack, a matching window in the gable end, and a door in a brick surround on the southeast side, along with an adjacent casement. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Northover Cottage 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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