The Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. House. 1 related planning application.

The Priory

WRENN ID
peeling-nave-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1976
Type
House
Address
The Priory, Taunton Road, Wellington, TA21 9EH
OS grid reference
ST 142 209
Coordinates
50.98159, -3.22345
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Priory is an early 19th century stucco house located on the south-east side of Taunton Road. The right-hand end of the south-west front projects. It is a three-storey building with hipped slate roofs and an eaves cornice. The front has approximately three windows, with a blocked window space to the right. The windows have stone voussoir lintels and sash glazing bars. Double half-glazed doors are present.

Local climate

The Priory receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 34 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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