42 and 43, Upper High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1973. Residential. 1 related planning application.

42 and 43, Upper High Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 October 1973
Type
Residential
Address
42 and 43, Upper High Street, Taunton
OS grid reference
ST 225 241
Coordinates
51.01176, -3.10506
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 42 and 43 on Upper High Street is a single red brick building dating from around 1800. It has two storeys, plus attics and basements, and features a mansard roof with four dormers. The building is adorned with a cornice and parapet and has six windows, although the central window is blocked and features terra cotta panels. The windows are sash style with glazing bars. The doorways are round-headed with recessed arch-rings, traceried fanlights, and double doors. This building, along with Temple Methodist Church and Schools, forms a group.

Local climate

42 and 43, Upper High Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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