Fairwater is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. House.
Fairwater
- WRENN ID
- sacred-roof-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fairwater, Staplegrove Road, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 217 257
- Coordinates
- 51.02567, -3.11684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairwater is a large Georgian house located in the grounds of Taunton School. The building features a three-storey south front made of stucco, adorned with pilasters. It has hipped slate roofs, a cornice, and a blocking course. The façade includes seven sash windows with glazing bars. The entrance front has a pediment that displays the date 1844, indicating that the stucco and alterations likely date from this period. Additionally, there is a doorway with a rusticated surround on the north side. Fairwater and Taunton School together form a group.
Local climate
Fairwater receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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