18, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. House.
18, King Street
- WRENN ID
- hushed-wattle-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 18, King Street, Frome
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 479
- Coordinates
- 51.23036, -2.32051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 18 King Street is a building that likely dates back to the 17th century, with some later alterations. It is constructed of rough-cast and features a pantile roof. The building stands three storeys tall, with the upper two floors overhanging and each having one modern casement window. The ground floor has a plain mid- to late 19th century shop front. Inside, the first floor boasts an enriched plaster ceiling decorated with a Tudor rose and two zoomorphic devices. There is also a Tudor-arched fireplace and a beam with ogee mouldings. Additionally, scratch-mouldings can be found on the risers of the newel staircase.
Local climate
18, King Street 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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