Gurds is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Shop.
Gurds
- WRENN ID
- heavy-roof-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Gurds, 70, Station Road, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 226 251
- Coordinates
- 51.02067, -3.10353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 70, known as Gurds, is a mid-19th century building located on the east side of Station Road. It features a gable end facing the street and consists of two storeys plus an attic. The exterior is finished in stucco and topped with an old tile roof that has bargeboards and a finial at the apex. Carved capitals are present at the eaves.
In the attic, there is a single sash window with a plain surround, an ogee hoodmould, and an enriched finial with stops. The first floor boasts a five-light bow window, which is adorned with a miniature balustrade above. Each light of the bow window has a crenellated transom and ogee heads.
The building includes a very good contemporary shop front featuring paterae on the overall fascia and finials on the sides. The fascia is supported by panelled pilasters with crocket capitals, and the fields of the pilasters display painted tiles with classical motifs. The shop fronts have ogee heads and slender colonettes with crocket capitals. A doorway is centrally located, and to the right, there is a low shop window extension with pilasters topped by ball finials.
Local climate
Gurds 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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