Rectory Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Cottage.

Rectory Cottages

WRENN ID
lone-tallow-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
Cottage
Address
Rectory Cottages, 1-4, Mells
OS grid reference
ST 727 491
Coordinates
51.24118, -2.39177
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rectory Cottages is a row of cottages dating from the 17th century, with later alterations. They are constructed from Doulting rubble and feature tile roofs, along with three brick stacks and one rubble stack. The facades are irregular, and the cottages are two stories high, each with one bay. Number 2 projects in a gabled wing. Most windows are casements, except for the first floor of numbers one and two, which have two and three-light ovolo moulded stone mullioned windows with leaded lights. The doors are plank style in plain surrounds, except for number one, which has a moulded door. Numbers three and four have wooden semi-circular hoods supported by brackets.

Local climate

Rectory Cottages 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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