7 and 8 Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. Building. 10 related planning applications.

7 and 8 Market Place

WRENN ID
lone-newel-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1983
Type
Building
Address
7 and 8 Market Place, Frome, BA11 1AB
OS grid reference
ST 776 480
Coordinates
51.23149, -2.32132
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 7 and 8 Market Place is a building that dates from around 1830 to 1840, but incorporates elements from a house built around 1700. It has two storeys and an attic, with a five-bay front made of ashlar stone. The ground floor features a band above it, a heavy modillion cornice, and a parapet with a moulded coping that includes four inset square windows—two of which have marginally glazed casements, while the others are blocked. The first floor has plate glass windows set in moulded architraves and pierced stone balconies. There are also two modern shop fronts. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, featuring one flat top dormer located to the left of centre above a parapet window. The side elevation is constructed of rubble on a rounded plinth and includes one small window in a bolection surround. The rear of the building is irregular, showcasing three gables from the earlier house, with the outer two gables featuring two-light ovolo mullion windows with drips. Inside, the ground floor of No 7 has an egg and dart cornice, while No 8 retains part of a late 17th century to early 18th century staircase leading from the first to the second floors.

Local climate

7 and 8 Market Place 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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