Meriden 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. 5 related planning applications.
Meriden
- WRENN ID
- leaning-cellar-magpie
- 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
- Meriden, Weston Road, BA1 2XZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 738 657
- Coordinates
- 51.39002, -2.37777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached house, dating from around 1810, which has been altered and is now divided into five flats. The front of the house is constructed from limestone ashlar, while the side walls are of coursed rubble, and the roof is covered with Welsh slate. The house has a double-depth plan with two ranges, the front being relatively narrow, and the main entrance is located on the side of the rear range.
The building is two storeys high, with an attic and basement. The ground level falls towards the front (south), making the basement appear significantly higher. The ground floor features tall, paired sash windows, each with four panes, and these are sheltered by a tented cast iron balcony. The first floor has a sill band and two sash windows with four panes each. A cornice runs around the top of the building, above which is a parapet and a mansard roof with two paired, flat-topped dormers. There is an ashlar chimney stack on the right-hand ridge.
The west-facing side elevation has a six-pane sash window on the ground floor and, above it, a much smaller six-pane sash window, replacing an altered opening. The rear wing is built of ashlar and has a hidden roof behind the parapet. A projecting porch provides access, with double doors and windows on the sides. The rear elevation is not visible.
The interior has not been inspected, but is likely to have been altered considerably due to the conversion into flats. Despite these alterations, the house remains interesting as a Late Georgian suburban residence, notable for its crisp limestone facade and Regency decorative ironwork.
Local climate
Meriden 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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