Kildare is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1993. House.
Kildare
- WRENN ID
- burning-lintel-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1993
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kildare, 1, Church Street, Chard Town, TA20 2DW
- OS grid reference
- ST 323 082
- Coordinates
- 50.86951, -2.96269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kildare is a house dating from around the 1830s, with alterations made in the early 20th century. It is constructed of roughcast, likely over limestone rubble, and features stone sills. The house has mid-19th century keystones and stepped copings, along with a slate roof and brick stacks at the gable ends. There are also late 19th or early 20th century keyblocks. The layout is double-depth with a central staircase plan, and the house is two storeys tall with a two-window range. The front has a 20th-century glazed door beneath a mid-19th century vermiculated keystone and a name plaque that reads 'Kildare'. All windows are 8/8 pane sashes with much of the original glass; the ground-floor windows feature mid-19th century vermiculated keystones, while the central first-floor window is blind and has a heavily-painted plaque with the inscription EWP and what appears to be the year 1926.
Inside, there is a wide arch opening between the front and rear left-hand rooms, and the first floor has panelled doors. The staircase is a dog-leg design with stick balusters, turned newels, and moulded handrails. The chimneypieces are missing.
Local climate
Kildare receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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