Third Shop, 23 Metres West of Virginia House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Shop.

Third Shop, 23 Metres West of Virginia House

WRENN ID
drifting-wicket-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1986
Type
Shop
OS grid reference
ST 419 267
Coordinates
51.03755, -2.8292
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a shop with a house, dating from the 18th century and likely remodeled. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with Ham stone dressings and features a plain clay tile roof supported by abutments, along with brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays. The ground floor has a mid-20th century shopfront that spans the entire width, with a recessed door to the left. Above the shopfront are 12-pane sash windows set in architraved surrounds with segmental arched heads, all beneath a moulded eaves course. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Third Shop, 23 Metres West of Virginia House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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