Wren Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Wren Cottage

WRENN ID
woven-attic-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Wren Cottage, East Street, Chiselborough, South Somerset, TA14 6TW
OS grid reference
ST 469 146
Coordinates
50.929, -2.75596
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wren Cottage is a detached cottage dating to the 18th century, with later modifications. It is constructed of ham stone rubble with a thatched roof between stepped coped gables, and has brick end chimney stacks. The two-bay cottage is two storeys high. On the upper floor, there is a two-light early casement window with rectangular leaded panes and an iron opening light in the left bay, and an oculus window set in a single stone with rectangular leaded panes in the right bay. The ground floor features a two-light horizontal-bar casement window to the left, with hooks for shutters still in place, and a deeper three-light casement window to match, with a transome, in the right bay; both are sheltered by a flat stone hood supported on cast iron brackets. A lean-to addition with a double Roman clay tiled roof is attached to the west gable, featuring a plain 20th-century window above. The rear elevation has two three-light casement windows with old leaded panes on the upper floor, and a three-light mullioned window in the lower bay one, alongside a French door in the lower bay two. The interior of the cottage has not been inspected.

Local climate

Wren Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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