1-5, THE CRESCENT (See details for further address information) is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Terrace houses. 7 related planning applications.

1-5, THE CRESCENT (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
veiled-slate-swift
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1952
Type
Terrace houses
Address
1-5, THE CRESCENT (See details for further address information), 7-11, Taunton, TA1 4EA
OS grid reference
ST 225 243
Coordinates
51.01305, -3.10554
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a two-building section of terrace, numbers 1 to 5, built in 1807. The houses are three stories high with a basement, constructed from pinkish-brown brick. Plain pilasters divide the buildings. They have hipped slate roofs concealed behind parapets. Each house has two windows, with sash windows featuring glazing bars. The ground floor has round-headed openings, and the first floor has segmental iron balconies. The doorways are round-headed, with simple surrounds, and feature traceried fanlights above the doors. The doors themselves are good quality, made of six panels in two leaves. Attached railings define the forecourts and flank the basement steps. Number 1 has been partially rebuilt. The listed buildings forming the Crescent are considered to have group value when viewed alongside numbers 14 and Wall Bath Place and the Dragon Book Shop on Corporation Street.

Local climate

1-5, THE CRESCENT (See details for further address information) 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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