Lodge to the Chantry is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Lodge.
Lodge to the Chantry
- WRENN ID
- long-hearth-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Lodge to the Chantry, Whatley
- OS grid reference
- ST 719 470
- Coordinates
- 51.22225, -2.40236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lodge to The Chantry, built around 1826 by John Pinch for James Fussell, is a classical-style building. It features Doulting ashlar and cement render, with corner pilasters and additional pilasters between the bays. The structure has a hipped slate roof with wide eaves and a central ashlar stack. It is two stories tall and has a symmetrical facade with three bays, where the center bay projects slightly forward. The ground floor includes casements set in segmental headed recesses, while the upper floor has blank openings. The central door opening is also segmental headed and contains a half-glazed door. The building has returns of one bay and a small hipped roof block at the rear.
Local climate
Lodge to the Chantry 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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