The Hatch is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Cottage.
The Hatch
- WRENN ID
- stranded-barrel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Hatch, Hermitage Road, Long Sutton
- OS grid reference
- ST 457 267
- Coordinates
- 51.03728, -2.77571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hatch is a cottage, possibly a former pair, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that is roughly cut and squared, topped with a thatched roof featuring stepped coped gables. The building has brick chimney stacks at both ends and in the middle. It stands two storeys high and has three bays. The windows are timber framed, consisting of three lights with rectangular leaded panes and iron framed opening lights. The upper windows have timber lintels, while the lower ones feature thin stone lintels. There is a boarded door with a glazed panel set under a deeper stone lintel located between the first and second bays. Additionally, there is a lean-to with a boarded door against the south gable. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Hatch receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 62% 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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