Westcombe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. House.

Westcombe Cottage

WRENN ID
gentle-solder-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1988
Type
House
Address
Westcombe Cottage, Batcombe
OS grid reference
ST 676 392
Coordinates
51.15176, -2.46339
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Westcombe Cottage is a house from the early 19th century. It has a smooth rendered exterior that is colourwashed, a hipped slate roof, and a chimneystack located at the rear. The building features alternating dressed quoins and has a symmetrical frontage. It is two storeys high with three bays, each containing 12-pane sash windows set in dressed stone surrounds. The central door opening has a half-glazed door with a transom light above.

Local climate

Westcombe 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Pump on Roadside at Ngr St 6776 3926 Grade II 74 m
  2. Laburnam Cottage and Attached Cottage to East Grade II 197 m
  3. Westcombe War Memorial Grade II 216 m
  4. Drinking Trough Incorporating Ornamental Grotto on Roadside Grade II 217 m
  5. K6 Telephone Kiosk Grade II 226 m
  6. Westcombe Stables Grade II 344 m
  7. Bridge in Former Park of Westcombe House at Ngr St 6803 3941 Grade II 371 m
  8. Grotto to Rear of Westcombe Stables Grade II 374 m
  9. Bridge in Former Park of Westcombe House at Ngr St 6815 3930 Grade II 464 m
  10. The Old Post Office Grade II 753 m