Gilpins is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Gilpins
- WRENN ID
- turning-arch-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Gilpins, West Street, Somerton
- OS grid reference
- ST 487 285
- Coordinates
- 51.05381, -2.73255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gilpins is a cottage located in a row on West Street in Somerton, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from local stone that is roughly squared and coursed, topped with a clay pantile roof supported by abutments, and features brick chimney stacks at each end. The cottage has two storeys and consists of two bays. It has sash windows with 16 panes; the upper windows have been modified and are set in plain openings, while the lower windows feature voussoired flat arches. Between the bays, there is a glazed door in a matching opening. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
Gilpins receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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