Taunton School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. School. 17 related planning applications.
Taunton School
- WRENN ID
- stony-rood-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- School
- Address
- Taunton School, Staplegrove Road, TA2 6AD
- OS grid reference
- ST 218 258
- Coordinates
- 51.02644, -3.11523
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Taunton School is a large Gothic building set within its own grounds, constructed between 1867 and 1870. The main building was designed by Joseph James of London, while the chapel was designed by Sir Frank Wills during the same period. The structure features a long three-storey range facing south, with a tall central tower above the entrance. On either side, there are single-storey gabled ranges that project forward. The walls are made of rubble with ashlar dressings, and the roofs are covered with slate and topped with cresting.
The square central tower has a pyramidal roof with a weathervane, and gablets rise above the second-storey windows into the roof. Most windows are two-light with plain mullions and transoms. The tower features a canted bay that extends through two storeys above the entrance, with these lights having traceried heads. The pointed entrance is set forward from the front and includes a moulded archway and double wooden doors. To the right on the ground floor, there is a bow window with a crenellated parapet. The gabled ranges at both ends of the front are supported by buttresses with setoffs and large traceried windows.
Taunton School and Fairwater form a group.
Local climate
Taunton School 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 17 applications
- 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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