House and Shop East of the South Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael and Former Cottage to North is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. House, shop. 1 related planning application.
House and Shop East of the South Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael and Former Cottage to North
- WRENN ID
- turning-tallow-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- House and Shop East of the South Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael and Former Cottage to North, Market Place, Somerton, TA11 7NB
- OS grid reference
- ST 490 285
- Coordinates
- 51.05418, -2.72836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, which serves as a house and shop, is located east of the south entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that has been cut and squared, topped with a clay pantiled roof featuring stepped coped gables and brick end chimney stacks. The structure has two stories with an attic and consists of two bays.
On the first floor, there are 15-pane sash windows with plain surrounds, although there are signs of a blocked middle window. Below these, between the bays, is an angled one-storey bay window with 1+3+1 panes, a rendered stall riser, and a hipped Welsh slate roof. The lower bay has a 20th-century glazed door, and to the right of this door is the timber jamb of an earlier window. To the left of the bay, there is brick patching or blocking that indicates a former doorway. A pitched roof attic dormer window is situated in the center of the roof.
The interior of the ground floor has been significantly modified, and the remainder of the interior has not been seen. At the rear of the property, there is a former separate cottage that features a 4-light hollow chamfer mullioned window with a label and old leading at first floor level, located on the north side overlooking the churchyard.
Local climate
House and Shop East of the South Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael and Former Cottage to North receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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