The Turnpike is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1950. Toll-house. 4 related planning applications.
The Turnpike
- WRENN ID
- pale-gallery-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1950
- Type
- Toll-house
- Address
- The Turnpike, 582, Bath Road, Saltford, BS31 3JU
- OS grid reference
- ST 688 664
- Coordinates
- 51.39644, -2.44897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Turnpike is a toll-house, dating to circa 1832, originally built for the Bristol Turnpike Trust. It has been altered in the 20th century. The exterior is colourwashed render with limestone dressings, a hipped slate roof, and a central stack of dressed stone. The building is constructed in the Greek Revival style, with a single-depth plan and a rear extension and outshut.
The two-storey roadside facade has three bays and features a Greek Doric entablature supported by fluted half-columns in antis and two antae, with rendered infill between. There are three deep recesses to the first floor, each containing a blind window. An oversailing eaves cornice is supported by widely spaced brackets. The north facade has small-pane casements within moulded architraves and sills, added in the mid-20th century. The interior has not been inspected.
This is a notable example of its type, distinguished by its architecture.
Local climate
The Turnpike 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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