15b and 16, Margaret's Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1950. Shop. 1 related planning application.

15b and 16, Margaret's Buildings

WRENN ID
quartered-newel-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 June 1950
Type
Shop
Address
15b and 16, Margaret's Buildings, BA1 2LP
OS grid reference
ST 746 653
Coordinates
51.38658, -2.36603
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This shop, dating to circa 1773, is part of a development designed by John Wood the Younger and was altered in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a slate mansard roof featuring two dormers, hipped to the right. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window front. It has a coved eaves cornice and sash windows with two panes to each, those on the first floor having flaps to secure the upper sashes. The right-hand entrance has a swept pediment and moulded, shallow-pointed architrave above a four-panel door. This door has chamfered arrises, trefoil heads to the upper panels, diagonal boarding to the lower panels, and a leaded overlight. To the left is a small, projecting shop window with cornice to the fascia above a central half-glazed door and overlight. This building represents one of the entrances to Margaret Chapel, also designed by John Wood the Younger and built in circa 1773, which was destroyed in 1942. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

15b and 16, Margaret's Buildings 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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