The Corner House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1950. House. 7 related planning applications.

The Corner House

WRENN ID
half-keep-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1950
Type
House
Address
The Corner House, 58, Fore Street, Chard, Chard Town, TA20 1QA
OS grid reference
ST 324 086
Coordinates
50.87309, -2.96115
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Corner House is a house that has been converted into commercial premises. It dates from the early to mid 18th century and has undergone alterations in the early 19th century and mid 20th century. The exterior features stucco on a Ham Hill stone plinth and a pantile roof. The building has a double-depth central stairhall plan and is two storeys high with two windows across the front. A classical-style wooden doorcase with a pediment and dentilled cornice frames a six-panel door, four of which are glazed. This doorcase is flanked by large early 19th-century semi-circular bays that rise two storeys and rest on stone plinths, featuring 20th-century fixed lights with glazing bars.

Inside, there is an open-well staircase with a swept mahogany rail, stick balusters, and turned newels. The fireplaces in the front left and upper rooms have plain mid-18th-century surrounds and early 19th-century hobgrates.

Local climate

The Corner House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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