2 and 2a, North Parade is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. House.
2 and 2a, North Parade
- WRENN ID
- woven-plaster-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2 and 2a, North Parade, Frome
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 482
- Coordinates
- 51.23269, -2.31938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2 and 2A on North Parade were built around 1821. The main front of the building is positioned at right angles to the road. It features ashlar stonework and a hipped roof covered with modern tiles. The ground floor is channelled, and there is a cornice and a blocking course above. The building has three storeys and an attic, which includes one dormer. There are four windows that are asymmetrically spaced, featuring plate-glass sashes set in reveals. A stone porch supported by square-section columns is present, along with a lean-to extension on the left that also has channelled masonry and two segment-headed windows.
Local climate
2 and 2a, North Parade 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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