Number 10, Front Garden Wall and Wall Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Garden wall. 1 related planning application.

Number 10, Front Garden Wall and Wall Piers

WRENN ID
fallen-minaret-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Garden wall
Address
Number 10, Front Garden Wall and Wall Piers, Bath Street, Frome, BA11 1DN
OS grid reference
ST 775 478
Coordinates
51.22963, -2.32276
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 10 is a building dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations made around 1774. It has two storeys and features three windows with glazing bar sashes set in architraves; the original design likely included paired outer windows. The central entrance has a six-panel door with an architrave and a slab hood supported by brackets. The roof is covered with pantiles and has stone chimneys at both ends. There are garret lights in the north-east gable. At the rear, there is an 'L' shaped extension that includes a tall cross mullion stair window with a beaded surround, which is similar to those found at Nos 16 and 17 Stony Street but likely built around 1720. A slightly later one-and-a-half storey extension to the north features a gabled dormer and a cast-iron oval rainwater head.

Inside, there is a notable early 18th-century staircase with a heavy handrail and splat balusters, along with a dog-gate in a later (circa 1770) Chinese Chippendale style. The ground floor front right-hand room is panelled and includes a display cupboard with a shell hood and a Tudor Gothick fireplace from the 20th century. A studded door leads into the passage. The property has a long front garden bordered by a dwarf stone wall and panelled piers, which date from around 1811.

Local climate

Number 10, Front Garden Wall and Wall Piers 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
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