53 and 55, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. A 19th century Residential. 2 related planning applications.
53 and 55, High Street
- WRENN ID
- upper-spindle-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 53 and 55, High Street, Wincanton, BA9 9JZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 715 287
- Coordinates
- 51.05695, -2.4075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 53 and 55 High Street are a pair of houses built in the 19th century. No 53 is constructed from local stone ashlar, while No 55 is made of cut and squared local stone with ashlar dressings. Both houses have a continuous Welsh slate roof with abutment and plain gables, along with brick chimney stacks. They are two storeys tall and consist of five bays, with No 53 occupying the first two bays. The buildings are plinthed, and No 55 features toothed quoins. The entrance to No 53 is in a panelled flat-headed recess and includes a rectangular fanlight above. There is a 12-pane sash window in a plain opening above the door, and a two-storey bay window in bay 2 with 4+12+4 pane sashes, although the glazing bars have been removed from the lower window, which is covered by a lead flat roof. No 55 has toothed and keystoned surrounds to all openings, with 12-pane sash windows above and plain windows in the outer bays below. The central entrance has a part-glazed door with a rectangular fanlight. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
53 and 55, High Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 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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