Former Drying House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. A Early C19 Drying house.
Former Drying House
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1983
- Type
- Drying house
- Address
- Former Drying House, Justice Lane, Frome
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 482
- Coordinates
- 51.23257, -2.32036
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former drying house, dating from the early 19th century, is constructed of stone rubble and features a restored conical plain tile roof with deep eaves. The building is circular in plan and includes a doorway with a cambered brick arch and a 20th-century glazed door. The original doors, which were located one above the other on the north side, have been converted into windows. The interior has been altered, with floors inserted. This building was historically used for drying dyed cloth.
Local climate
Former Drying House 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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