1, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.

1, Church Street

WRENN ID
second-banister-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1949
Type
Commercial building
Address
1, Church Street, Frome, BA11 1PW
OS grid reference
ST 777 479
Coordinates
51.23028, -2.32043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 1, Church Street is a late 17th century building that has been altered in the early 19th century and later. It is situated on a corner site with a splayed angle and features painted ashlar. The building has a cornice and parapet, with plain eaves on the corner section and most of the return to Church Street. The hipped roof is covered with pantiles.

The structure has two storeys, with two windows facing King Street and three windows facing Church Street, all of which are fitted with glazing bar sashes. The mid to late 19th century shop front includes a fascia and vertical glazing bars, with a recessed glazed door at the angle. To the right, there is a panelled door in a round-headed opening, topped with an arched fanlight, while the left side features a segment-headed fanlight.

At the rear, there is a gabled wing that contains a two-light window and a single-light window dating from around 1700. Inside, there is a mid-18th century staircase with a ramped and moulded handrail and a straight string leading to the first floor. The newel post of the stair to the attic has scratch-moulding. On the first floor, the west room has two beams, one of which has a curved ridge-stop of chamfer. The middle room features a chamfered beam with wooden mouldings, while the east room is entirely panelled with moulded raised and fielded panels, and bolection surrounds to the doorway and fireplace. Additionally, there is a late 17th century door to the attic stairs, which has eight thin panels with the upper two shaped like lozenges.

Local climate

1, Church Street 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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