London House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. A Georgian House and shop. 1 related planning application.
London House
- WRENN ID
- tall-shingle-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House and shop
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- London House, New Street, Somerton, TA11 7NH
- OS grid reference
- ST 491 286
- Coordinates
- 51.05497, -2.72722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
London House is a house and shop dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that has been cut and squared, topped with a Welsh slate roof that features double hips at the corner and stone chimney stacks with brick tops. The building has an 'L' plan with a curved corner and stands two storeys high. It has three bays facing New Street, one bay on the curve, and one bay on Broad Street.
The windows are sash style in plain openings, with dovetailed stone lintels above. The first floor has 16-pane windows in bays 1, 2, 3, and 5, while the curved bay 4 features a 20-pane window. Below, there are large plain shop windows in bays 1 and 5. To the left of bay 1, there is a 9-flush panel door beneath a rectangular margined fanlight. Bays 2 and 3, as well as bay 4, have matching Regency style shopfronts. The shopfront for bay 2 includes a recessed glazed door to the right, while bay 4 has a central recessed door set under an open segmental pediment that crowns the fascia. Each front is adorned with ornamental arrowhead finials flanking timber pilasters. London House occupies a prominent corner position and is significant in the streetscape.
Local climate
London House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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