Oak Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage. 9 related planning applications.
Oak Cottage
- WRENN ID
- still-loft-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Oak Cottage, Leigh-On-Mendip, BA3 5QP
- OS grid reference
- ST 684 472
- Coordinates
- 51.2232, -2.45256
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Cottage is a cottage dating to 1681. It is constructed from local limestone rubble with a double Roman tile roof and brick end stacks, featuring coped verges. The cottage is arranged in an "L" shape with a symmetrical front facade. It has three bays and three storeys, with ovolo moulded stone mullioned windows of two lights. However, the centre window on the second floor and the third floor both have plain square mullions. A moulded string course runs above the window heads on the ground and first floors. A cutstone plaque above the centre window of the first floor is inscribed "A.H. 1681." A central door opening is sheltered by a 20th-century gabled porch and door. The left return side has five bays with irregular window placement; some windows have semi-circular heads in plain stone surrounds, while others are 19th-century casements.
Local climate
Oak Cottage 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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