The Sun Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Public house.
The Sun Public House
- WRENN ID
- proud-bracket-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1974
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Sun Public House, 6, Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DA
- OS grid reference
- ST 773 480
- Coordinates
- 51.23109, -2.32544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sun Public House is a 17th-century building that has undergone later alterations. It features a stucco exterior with a pantile roof and stands two storeys high, plus attics with two gables. The upper storey has two small sash windows set in reveals, while the lower floors have paired sash windows with plain architraves and a central mullion, all with glazing bars. There is a later central door. To the right, there is a two-storey wing with similar paired sash windows. Additionally, there is a further extension with a splayed angle that contains double doors. The interior has been altered on the ground floor.
Local climate
The Sun Public House 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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- Sale history — 12 transactions since 1998
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