Giles Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Cottages.
Giles Cottage
- WRENN ID
- final-outpost-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Giles Cottage, Outwood, Lyng
- OS grid reference
- ST 306 283
- Coordinates
- 51.04999, -2.99099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Giles Cottage, also known as Half Thatch and Outwood Cottage, consists of two cottages. Half Thatch is dated 1736 according to deeds, although its core and Outwood Cottage are likely older. The buildings are constructed of plastered rubble and thatch, with brick stacks. They are single storey with attics and have a layout of 2:2 bays. Half Thatch features a ground floor casement window with 2 lights and glazing bars, along with two 3-light casements with iron opening frames on the first floor, both having bonnet-hoods. Outwood Cottage has 3-light casements with horizontal glazing bars, two of which are on the first floor and also have bonnet-hoods. There are two door openings: to the left is a 6-panelled door with the top two panels glazed, and to the right is a plank door. Half Thatch has a 20th-century lean-to at the rear. The interiors contain features of interest, including doors and fireplaces.
Local climate
Giles Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 7 transactions since 2001
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- Radon risk assessment
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