40 and 42, Castle Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Attached houses.
40 and 42, Castle Corner
- WRENN ID
- moated-column-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Attached houses
- Address
- 40 and 42, Castle Corner, Beckington
- OS grid reference
- ST 799 515
- Coordinates
- 51.26246, -2.2883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
40 and 42 Castle Corner are attached houses that are part of a row, dating from the 17th century and restored in the late 19th century. They are constructed of random rubble, with pantiles on the left side and triple-Roman tiles on the right. There are three brick ridge stacks. Number 40 has a two-storey structure with an attic and features three bays, including a pair of two-storey flat-roofed canted bay windows on each side. It has four-pane sash windows at the front and narrower two-pane sash windows on the sides. The centre of the first floor has a two-light moulded stone mullioned window. The central door opening is framed by an ogee-moulded stone surround with a semi-circular stone hood supported by moulded stone brackets, and it has a 20th-century four-panelled door. Number 42 is also two storeys with an attic and has two bays, featuring four-pane sash windows in block surrounds. Its door opening has a similar surround and contains a six-panelled door with a transom light.
Local climate
40 and 42, Castle Corner receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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