The building - now used as a restaurant - is the town's only surviving thatched house.
A blue plaque has been unveiled this week at one of the oldest buildings in Weston-Super-Mare.A Grade II listed building that sits along the sea front, it was originally created as a holiday home for musician and soldier Reverend William Leeves.The building has been through 10 weather-related and fire "disasters", including having its roof blown off at least twice.
It has had four recorded fires and been flooded at least four times, even being considered for demolition in 1854.The blue plaque marks the house's creator and most well-known former resident, Reverend William Leeves. He was connected to Scottish balladry, as the composer of the tune for Auld Robin Gray, but is also said to have been loved locally, being buried under the altar at Wrington Church, commemorated by a chancel window and memorial.
After his death, the cottage had some more interesting residents and visitors, including being rented out as a holiday home, lived in by a dairyman and used as a tea room.She said: "We are thrilled and immensely proud to be guardians of such an important building." "The arrival of the prestigious blue plaque is a fitting tribute to the cottage's rich and storied history," she added.Children must be off limits, says father of abducted kids
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