High House and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. House.

High House and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
night-mantel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1975
Type
House
Address
High House and Attached Railings, 5, Spencer's Belle
OS grid reference
ST 747 657
Coordinates
51.38993, -2.36414
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High House is a house built around 1770 to 1775, with 19th and 20th-century alterations. It was possibly developed by Mark Spencer. The front is made of limestone ashlar, while the basement and rear are constructed of rubble. The house features a double pile parapeted mansard roof, with Welsh slate on the front and pantile on the rear. There is a coped gable wall to the right with two ashlar stacks, now with one early clay pot. A staircase leads to the front entrance.

The exterior consists of three storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a three-window range. The first floor has three plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals with lowered stone sills. The second floor has three similar sashes with stone sills. On the ground floor, there are two similar sashes to the right and a six-panel door to the left, featuring flush beaded, fielded, and glazed panels, along with a cast iron lion's mask knocker in a beaded reveal. This door is accessed by two steps leading to a Pennant paved crossover, which includes a cast iron footscraper. The basement has two six-over-six sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills, a 20th-century door with an overlight under the crossover, and concrete area steps. There is a double dormer with a plate glass sash to the left and a six-over-six sash to the right. A band course runs over the ground floor, supporting an attached wrought iron balcony with an iron slatted deck on wrought iron brackets, a modillion cornice, and a coped parapet. A lead hopper head is located at the eaves to the left. The rear elevation, which is partially visible, has three grouped plate glass sashes, narrower to the left and right, on the second floor, along with plate glass sashes in the dormers.

The interior has not been inspected. The property also features attached wrought iron railings and a gate with arrow heads on concrete-coated bases.

Local climate

High House and Attached Railings receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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