United Reformed Church Schoolroom and Front Boundary Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Church.

United Reformed Church Schoolroom and Front Boundary Railings

WRENN ID
swift-iron-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
Church
Address
United Reformed Church Schoolroom and Front Boundary Railings, Martock
OS grid reference
ST 457 182
Coordinates
50.96081, -2.77413
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The United Reformed Church Schoolroom, built between 1866 and 1868, serves as a schoolroom for the Independent Chapel. It is constructed from Ham stone with random coursed boasted stones and ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring an ornamental clay tile ridge between coped gables. The gables are adorned with obelisk kneeler stones and cross finials. The building has a double roof plan with ridges positioned at right angles to the road and consists of a single storey with four bays plus one additional bay.

The north elevation features plain lancet windows and plain pointed arched doorways situated between each pair of bays. The main west gable has a double lancet window topped with a trefoil gablement. On the south side, there is a second gable set back, which includes double lancets above and a pointed arched doorway below. The interior has not been seen.

Approximately 2 meters west of the schoolroom, there is a low stone wall with cast iron railings that have fleurs-de-lys finials. The railings are arch-braced and return to the south-west corner, accompanied by one matching metal gate and one timber gate leading into the forecourt. These features contribute to the overall setting of the church complex.

Local climate

United Reformed Church Schoolroom and Front Boundary Railings 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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