Solicitors Offices Immediately East of Selwood House and Front Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. Offices, shop.
Solicitors Offices Immediately East of Selwood House and Front Railings
- WRENN ID
- open-porch-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- Offices, shop
- Address
- Solicitors Offices Immediately East of Selwood House and Front Railings, Market Place, Somerton
- OS grid reference
- ST 490 284
- Coordinates
- 51.05356, -2.72782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a set of solicitors' offices and a shop, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that is cut and squared, with areas of Ham stone ashlar, some of which are painted. The roof is made of Welsh slate and features stepped coped gables with stone chimney stacks at either end. The building stands three storeys tall and has three bays, with a two-storey extension to the west.
The structure has a slight plinth and band courses between the floors, topped with a heavy moulded cornice that conceals a secret gutter. Each bay contains 16-pane sash windows set in architraved surrounds, each with a single small keystone. The central entrance features a six-panel door located in a semi-circular arched recess, framed with an architrave that includes an impost and keystone, and is topped by a radial glazed fanlight.
There is a projecting open stone porch supported by Ionic columns and pilasters, with ashlar panel infills on the sides. The lower bay has a small shopfront with a 30-pane display window and a partially glazed door to the right, situated in a deep recess. This shopfront is flanked by fluted side pilasters and has a plain fascia with a thin hood. The extension has three voussoired arches below, with sliding doors behind, and above it is a 16-pane sash window in an architrave that differs in proportions from the others.
The building is enclosed by a forecourt that is 4 metres deep and 2 bays wide, featuring a low stone wall to the east. To the south, there are square wrought iron railings with twist spearheads, set on a low stone base, along with matching gates that have urn finials on the gateposts, which return on the west side. This arrangement contributes to the overall setting of the building.
Local climate
Solicitors Offices Immediately East of Selwood House and Front Railings receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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