11, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1973. House. 6 related planning applications.
11, High Street
- WRENN ID
- distant-chapel-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 11, High Street, Wells, BA5 2AA
- OS grid reference
- ST 549 457
- Coordinates
- 51.20898, -2.64617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 11 High Street is a house that now serves as an office over a shop, and it was formerly known as the Catherine Wheel Inn. It dates from the 16th or 17th century but underwent significant restructuring in the mid-20th century. The building is reputed to include fragments from a structure dating back to 1414.
The exterior features three storeys and two bays. The ground floor has a plain three-unit display window with a shallow fascia above it. The first floor shows traces of mouldings on the sill beam that supports the jetty, while the second floor is plain. Both floors are fitted with three-light timber casement windows that have rectangular leaded lights, and there is a simple parapet at the top.
Inside, there are some chamfered beams at the first floor level, but the interior has been completely rebuilt. Despite the extensive alterations, the building is significant for its early origins and contributes to the character of the medieval town.
Local climate
11, High Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 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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