Swains is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. A Georgian Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Swains
- WRENN ID
- idle-solder-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Swains, 10, Swains Lane, Wellington
- OS grid reference
- ST 136 197
- Coordinates
- 50.97108, -3.23082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SWAINS is a small 18th century cottage located at right angles to the road. It has a two-storey whitewashed brick front and a thatched roof. The cottage features two windows, which are two-light wood casements with glazing bars. There is a lean-to porch in the center and a four-panel door. To the right of the front, there is a lower whitewashed brick extension that includes a second doorway and porch.
Local climate
Swains receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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