The Chalet and Forecourt Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. House.

The Chalet and Forecourt Railings

WRENN ID
solemn-mortar-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
House
Address
The Chalet and Forecourt Railings, Grants Lane, Wedmore
OS grid reference
ST 435 477
Coordinates
51.22635, -2.80978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chalet is a house from the early 19th century, featuring stucco that is scribed to resemble ashlar stone. It has end pilasters, a hipped slate roof with wide eaves, and rendered stacks with moulded caps. The building has a symmetrical frontage with two storeys and three bays. The first floor has 16-pane sash windows, while the ground floor features French windows with glazing bars. The central door openings include a five-panelled door, with the top two panels glazed. A tent-canopied verandah supported by ornamental cast-iron brackets extends along the ground floor, with a short section on the left return in a similar style. To the right, there is a section of rubble boundary wall topped with dressed stone. The forecourt is enclosed by cast and wrought-iron railings with urn finials at intervals, set on a low rubble plinth. There is a gateway to the left, with each pier made from a single slab of Dolomitic conglomerate, leading to a railed wrought-iron gate.

Local climate

The Chalet and Forecourt Railings receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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