Wheelwright's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Wheelwright's Cottage

WRENN ID
tilted-rubble-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 August 1984
Type
House
Address
Wheelwright's Cottage, James's Hill, Brewham, BA10 0JL
OS grid reference
ST 721 370
Coordinates
51.13211, -2.39901
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheelwright's Cottage, also known as St James' House, is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from local stone that is cut and squared, with Bath stone dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate, featuring a stone ridge and bargeboarded gables, and there are brick chimney stacks at each end. The building has two storeys and three bays. The windows are margined sash windows with additional vertical glazing bars, set in plain surrounds. The central door has six panels and is located within a 20th-century timber porch, with a slim semi-circular headed window above it.

There are extensions from the 19th and 20th centuries to the north, one of which houses a garage, while another represents the former wheelwright's workshop. Inside, the cottage features Regency style doors and a simple staircase.

Local climate

Wheelwright's Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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