78, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 2000. House. 4 related planning applications.
78, High Street
- WRENN ID
- stark-steeple-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 2000
- Type
- House
- Address
- 78, High Street, Wells, BA5 2AJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 547 456
- Coordinates
- 51.20823, -2.6493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 78 High Street is a house with a shop, possibly dating from the 17th century or earlier, but featuring a late 18th century front. The building is constructed of painted brick and has a pantile roof. It is set slightly forward from the adjacent No. 80 and has a steep-pitched hipped roof behind a parapet.
The exterior has two storeys and three windows, which are 4-pane sashes located above a late 19th century shop front. The shop front includes thin mullions, rounded corners on the panes, a recessed doorway, and two wide piers, all topped with a deep fascia and moulded cornice that match the detailing of No. 80. The interior has not been inspected but may hold interest.
Local climate
78, High Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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