6 and 8, High Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. House. 6 related planning applications.

6 and 8, High Street

WRENN ID
upper-doorway-elm
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
House
Address
6 and 8, High Street, Rode, BA11 6NZ
OS grid reference
ST 802 537
Coordinates
51.2828, -2.28387
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are two buildings on High Street, originally a single house dating back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The structure is built of roughly-coursed rubble, with a triple-Roman tile roof, three brick stacks (one rendered), and an "H" shape. The facade has two storeys and a 1:2:1 bay arrangement, with projecting gabled wings on either side. The windows have stone mullions, including 2- and 3-light ogee-moulded styles. A semi-dormer sits above the right-hand side of the central two bays, featuring a hipped roof, while a 12-pane sash window is found on the left-hand side of the first floor in a plain stone surround. A casement window is present on the first floor of the right wing, and paired sash windows with a wooden dividing mullion are on the ground floor. The ground floor of the left wing has a 20th-century casement window. Three door openings are visible; a 20th-century panelled door with transom light on the left, a recessed 20th-century half-glazed door in a chamfered stone surround with a slab hood in the centre, and a 20th-century glazed door to the right. The interior of number 8 is particularly significant, with one ground floor room featuring a moulded cross-beam ceiling. The central boss is carved as a Tudor rose, and a carved devil’s head is on the left side. A fireplace with a bolection moulded stone surround is also present. The roof structure incorporates cruck trusses.

Local climate

6 and 8, High Street receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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