Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. House. 1 related planning application.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
crooked-gravel-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1975
Type
House
Address
Lilac Cottage, 26, Upper High Street, Taunton
OS grid reference
ST 224 242
Coordinates
51.01194, -3.10674
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a 3-storey building from the 18th century, constructed of brick and situated below road level at an angle. The front features three sash windows with wide flush frames and no glazing bars, adorned with stone or stucco keystones and voussoirs. The entrance has a doorcase topped with an open pediment. Attached to the right side of the front is a 2-storey roughcast range. The property is enclosed by spiked railings along the street, with a gate and steps leading down.

Local climate

Lilac Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% 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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