Numbers 24a to 29 and Numbers 1 to 6 Vivary Apartments is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Houses, apartments.
Numbers 24a to 29 and Numbers 1 to 6 Vivary Apartments
- WRENN ID
- burning-trefoil-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Houses, apartments
- Address
- Numbers 24a to 29 and Numbers 1 to 6 Vivary Apartments, Mount Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 227 241
- Coordinates
- 51.01185, -3.10253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 24A to 29 and Numbers 1 to 6 Vivary Apartments are a row of attractive two-storey houses built in the early 19th century and later, featuring stucco exteriors and gardens that overlook Vivary Park. The block of Vivary Apartments, which includes Nos 1 to 6, is situated at the rear of No 29 Mount Street, facing north towards High Street. The frontages on Mount Street are primarily made of colourwashed rubble, topped with mostly old tile roofs of varying heights, while the northern end has a higher hipped slate roof. The buildings exhibit some mid-19th century Gothic details, particularly at the north end, where there are pointed lights and rectangular drip moulds. Most windows are sashes with glazing bars. Numbers 25 and 26 feature wooden doorcases with two-panel doors. This group of buildings is significant as it is located on the edge of Vivary Park. All the listed buildings on Mount Street form a cohesive group with the School, Unitarian Chapel, the Lawn, Mary Street House, the listed buildings in Vivary Park, Wilton House in Hammets Walk, and Numbers 1 to 14 Upper High Street.
Local climate
Numbers 24a to 29 and Numbers 1 to 6 Vivary Apartments 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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