5, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. Shop.

5, High Street

WRENN ID
slow-rotunda-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1976
Type
Shop
Address
5, High Street, Chard Town
OS grid reference
ST 321 085
Coordinates
50.87253, -2.96621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 5 High Street is a shop built in the early 19th century. It features a stucco exterior and a slate roof, with a double-depth plan. The building has two storeys and a one-window range. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front beneath a 6/6-pane sash window with a forward frame. There is a small roof-light located in the center of the roof. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

5, High Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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