1,3 and 5, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
1,3 and 5, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- low-hinge-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1,3 and 5, Church Street, Minehead, TA24 5JX
- OS grid reference
- SS 967 465
- Coordinates
- 51.20885, -3.47993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of three cottages located on Church Street in Minehead, likely remodeled and extended in the mid to late 18th century from an earlier structure that probably dates back to the 17th century. The cottages feature painted render over cob or rubblestone, with the rear outhouse of No. 1 being partly cob. They have a continuous hipped thatched roof, with brick stacks at the party walls and right end, and rubblestone stacks at the rear.
No. 1 has a two-unit central-entry plan with a cob rear wing, while No. 3 also has a two-unit central-entry plan. No. 5 has a three-unit plan and includes a likely 19th-century one-bay extension to the right. Each cottage is two storeys tall and has a two-window range. Nos. 1 and 3 feature 19th-century two-light casement windows and nearly central doors. The centre of No. 5 steps slightly forward and has one 19th-century three-light window on the first floor, two on the ground floor, and a window on both floors of the right-hand range. The upper windows of No. 5 have 17th-century painted mullioned frames.
The lean-to has a planked door and a two-light window, while a 18th-century door to the left has six raised and fielded panels and is set back below a flying freehold of No. 3, positioned to the right of a 19th-century planked door to No. 3. No. 1 has a 20th-century door. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
1,3 and 5, Church Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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