Medieval Merchant's House is a Grade I listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. A Late C13 or early C14 House.
Medieval Merchant's House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-truss-rook
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- Medieval Merchant's House, 58, French Street, City of Southampton, SO14 2AT
- OS grid reference
- SU 419 111
- Coordinates
- 50.89857, -1.4053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Medieval Merchant's House, located at No. 58 French Street, is a late 13th or early 14th century building, likely originally used as a merchant's house with a shop. It features two storeys constructed of stone rubble and has a vaulted undercroft. The roof is modern and tiled. The building is divided into six bays, with the two central bays forming an open hall and the remaining bays consisting of two-storey chamber blocks. The stump of the crown post is still present. The ceiling of the western lower chamber retains corbels bearing merchants' marks and a moulded central beam. The interior is galleried. This structure is noted as the earliest complete medieval house still standing in England and is scheduled as an ancient monument.
Local climate
Medieval Merchant's House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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