Kingsload is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Dwelling. 1 related planning application.

Kingsload

WRENN ID
slow-rubblework-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1985
Type
Dwelling
Address
Kingsload, Lodes Lane, Kingston St. Mary
OS grid reference
ST 220 297
Coordinates
51.06187, -3.1133
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kingsload is a building that may have originally served as a granary over a coach house, and it has since been converted into a dwelling. It likely dates back to the 16th century but has undergone extensive alterations in the mid to late 20th century. The structure is made of red sandstone and blue lias random rubble, with brick surrounds to the 20th-century openings and Ham stone dressings. It features a steeply pitched double Roman tiled roof and has a pair of brick stacks on the right gable end.

The building is two storeys high on the east front. It has a central oval bull's eye opening in ashlar slabs at the first-floor center, along with three irregularly placed 20th-century windows that have brick surrounds. There is a tier of pigeon holes, some of which are blocked in the center. On the ground floor, there are two inserted 20th-century windows on the left, a timbered opening on the right with a window, and a central 20th-century plank door. Kingsload is listed for its historic interest and is part of a group with The Manor to the south.

Local climate

Kingsload receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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