19 and 20, Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Commercial. 3 related planning applications.

19 and 20, Fore Street

WRENN ID
wild-jamb-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1975
Type
Commercial
Address
19 and 20, Fore Street, Taunton
OS grid reference
ST 226 244
Coordinates
51.01436, -3.10372
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

19 and 20 Fore Street is an early to mid 19th century pair of buildings. They are three storeys high and have a colourwashed finish, featuring a cornice and parapet. The upper floors are divided by fluted Corinthian pilasters and each property has one three-light sash window with architrave surrounds. There are large semi-circular blind arches above the central lights, supported by console brackets. No 19 has a modern shop front, while No 20 has a 19th century double shop front with a decorative wrought-iron balcony. These buildings are part of an important group that includes No 1A Billet Street, No 66 The County Hotel, the Brendon Bar, and No 8 East Street, along with other listed buildings in Cheapside, Fore Street, and the Parade.

Local climate

19 and 20, Fore Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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