Lodge to Norah Fry Hosptal is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Lodge.
Lodge to Norah Fry Hosptal
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Lodge to Norah Fry Hosptal, Old Wells Road, Shepton Mallet
- OS grid reference
- ST 611 433
- Coordinates
- 51.18797, -2.55772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lodge to Norah Fry Hospital was built in 1848 and is designed in a classical style. It is constructed from coursed and squared limestone rubble, with ashlar pilasters and a plinth, topped by a hipped slate roof. The building is single storey and features three bays arranged in a 1:1:1 pattern, with the central bay being gabled and slightly set forward. It has sash windows with glazing bars set in plain stone architraves and bracketed sills. There is an angled bay on the left return, and the entrance is located at the rear.
Local climate
Lodge to Norah Fry Hosptal 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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