7 and 8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1973. House.
7 and 8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- dusted-tower-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 7 and 8, High Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 227 243
- Coordinates
- 51.01366, -3.10319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 7 and 8 High Street are early 19th-century buildings that stand three storeys tall and are constructed of painted brick. They feature a moulded eaves cornice and a slate roof. Each storey has two windows with a central arched blank space above them. The windows are sashes with glazing bars and have stucco voussoir heads. The buildings have modern shop fronts. Nos 2 to 14 High Street form a group.
Local climate
7 and 8, High Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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