Durstons Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. A C19 House. 1 related planning application.
Durstons Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-zinc-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Durstons Cottage, 12, High Street, Chard, Chard Town, TA20 1QB
- OS grid reference
- ST 319 085
- Coordinates
- 50.87261, -2.96845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Durstons Cottage is a house dating from the early 19th century. It features stucco over limestone rubble, a slate roof, and brick stacks at the gable end and rear outshut. The building has a double-depth plan and is two storeys high with a two-window range. The front facade includes two six-over-six pane sash windows on each floor, with the ground floor windows situated beneath a continuous labelled hoodmould. There is a small false gable at the center, adorned with stepped stone copings and a medieval trefoil-headed niche. On the right side, there is a re-set three-light stone mullioned window and a late 19th-century door. The interior is noted for having 19th-century joinery and other features.
Local climate
Durstons Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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