Frome Station (main building) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1973. Train station. 8 related planning applications.
Frome Station (main building)
- WRENN ID
- sombre-hammer-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1973
- Type
- Train station
- Address
- Frome Station (main building), Portway, BA11 1RE
- OS grid reference
- ST 784 476
- Coordinates
- 51.22719, -2.30996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Frome Station's main building dates from around 1850 and was designed by J.R. Hannaford. It is constructed entirely of wood and features a train shed that covers both tracks. The building has an aisled layout supported by wooden posts and a wooden ceiling. The roof is made of corrugated iron and includes a full-length glazed vent. On the upside, there are offices, and the building is a single storey with seven wooden casements, arranged in two and three-light configurations. An original bracketed canopy extends over the entrance, and the hipped roof is also made of corrugated iron, with red brick stacks.
This station is largely unaltered and represents a small station from its period. It is likely the last through train shed of its type still in use on the Western Region. The railway line was built by the Wiltshire, Somerset and Weymouth Railway and opened on 9 September 1850, having been taken over by the Great Western Railway before its opening.
Local climate
Frome Station (main building) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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