23, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Shop.

23, High Street

WRENN ID
noble-foundation-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1961
Type
Shop
Address
23, High Street, Bruton
OS grid reference
ST 682 348
Coordinates
51.11215, -2.45475
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 23 High Street is a shop that was formerly a pair of cottages, dating from the 18th century or earlier, with a 19th-century front. The building is constructed of colourwashed ashlar stone and features a stone slate roof supported by abutments, with brick chimney stacks at either end. It is two storeys high and has two bays. The shop front includes a double angled bay window with recessed double central doors that are separated by a cast iron column, along with a thin fascia and a bold cornice. On the first floor, there are two Venetian windows, with the window in the first bay set in a square bay and topped with a heavier cornice than the thinner cornice on the rest of the facade. Above, there is a plain parapet. At the rear, there are two projecting wings, the westernmost of which has a stone roof and dates back to the 18th century. The ground floor has been significantly altered internally.

Local climate

23, High Street 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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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