Number 1 with Front Boundary Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1953. House.
Number 1 with Front Boundary Railings
- WRENN ID
- tangled-outpost-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- Number 1 with Front Boundary Railings, Cathedral Green, Wells, BA5 2UB
- OS grid reference
- ST 550 458
- Coordinates
- 51.20986, -2.64494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 1 is a house located on a corner site, dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is rendered with Doulting stone dressings and features a Welsh slate roof behind parapets, along with brick chimney stacks.
The exterior consists of three storeys and a basement, with a five-bay east elevation facing the Cathedral Church of St Andrew. It has a plinth, plain end pilasters, a cornice, and a parapet with plain coping. The windows are sash style in plain openings, with 12 panes on the ground and first floors and 6 panes on the second floor, some of which are blind. The central entrance features a six-panel door with a rectangular fanlight that has ornamented cast-iron glazing bars, some of which are radial. This door is framed by a stone doorcase with attached Doric columns, a full entablature, and a pediment. The north return elevation facing Cathedral Green has three bays that match the main elevation.
The interior has not been inspected, but the lower windows are noted to have panelled shutters.
Additionally, there are front boundary railings that extend from the centre of the flank of Number 25 Market Place. These railings start with a quarter curve and extend along the front of the house about 2 meters away, with a return along Cathedral Green. The low stone plinth supports wrought-iron railings with necked tops and cast-iron finials on the standards, along with a gate opposite the doorway, contributing to the overall setting of the house and the streetscape.
Local climate
Number 1 with Front Boundary Railings receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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