Newspaper Kiosk, About 5 Metres South of Williton Railway Station Booking Office, and Raised Platform is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Kiosk, platform.

Newspaper Kiosk, About 5 Metres South of Williton Railway Station Booking Office, and Raised Platform

WRENN ID
secret-bracket-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Kiosk, platform
OS grid reference
ST 085 415
Coordinates
51.1658, -3.30923
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The newspaper kiosk and west platform at Williton Station were built in 1862. The kiosk is weather boarded with a monopitch asbestos slate roof and is a single-storey structure with two bays. It features two-light casements and a door located on the right return. The raised platform is constructed of random rubble and is covered with tarmac, measuring approximately 40 metres in length, with ramps at either end. This kiosk and platform are part of a notable group of well-preserved railway station buildings.

Local climate

Newspaper Kiosk, About 5 Metres South of Williton Railway Station Booking Office, and Raised Platform receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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