Rock Cottage Woodlands is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage.
Rock Cottage Woodlands
- WRENN ID
- woven-forge-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rock Cottage Woodlands, Woodlands End, Mells
- OS grid reference
- ST 730 490
- Coordinates
- 51.23989, -2.38759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rock Cottage and Woodlands are a pair of cottages dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the 19th century. They are constructed from Doulting rubble, featuring tile and thatch roofs, and have restored rubble stacks. The buildings are designed in a picturesque "L"-plan. Rock Cottage is two stories high with three bays, showcasing three-light ovolo moulded stone mullioned windows with stopped labels on the ground floor, and casement windows above. Woodlands is also two stories with three bays, featuring two and three-light casements, and has two openings on the first floor under eyebrows. Both cottages have central door openings with plank doors, while Woodlands includes a corrugated iron hood over its entrance.
Local climate
Rock Cottage Woodlands receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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