56 and 58, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
56 and 58, High Street
- WRENN ID
- former-gable-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 56 and 58, High Street, Wincanton, BA9 9JF
- OS grid reference
- ST 715 286
- Coordinates
- 51.0567, -2.40677
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 56 and 58 High Street are a pair of houses built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from local stone that has been cut and squared, topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring a plain gable and abutment, and have brick chimney stacks. The buildings are two storeys high with irregular window arrangements. On the ground floor, there are three 16-pane sash windows in plain openings under stone lintels. Above these, there are four matching 12-pane sash windows. Between the ground floor windows, there are six-panelled doors set in recesses with coffer-panelled reveals, each topped with plain fanlights. The interiors have not been seen.
Local climate
56 and 58, High Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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