The Old Fire Engine House (Attached to North Gable of No 65 South Street) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Fire engine house.
The Old Fire Engine House (Attached to North Gable of No 65 South Street)
- WRENN ID
- sharp-vault-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Fire engine house
- Address
- The Old Fire Engine House (Attached to North Gable of No 65 South Street), DT9 5DH
- OS grid reference
- ST 678 185
- Coordinates
- 50.9656, -2.45989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Fire Engine House, attached to the north gable of No 65 South Street, is a 19th-century fire engine house constructed from local stone coursed rubble, featuring Ham stone ashlar dressings. It has a lean-to Welsh slate roof that is hidden behind a tall parapet. The building is one storey high and consists of two bays. It has an ashlar plinth, a string course, and a plain coped parapet. There are two four-centre arched doorways with square labels and foliated spandrels; the left doorway is now blocked, while the right doorway has a boarded studded door. A plain rectangular window is located in the rear wall. The dividing timber partition has been removed, and the northern half is now used as a bedroom for No 63, which is not included in the listing. The remaining part serves as a small store and provides back access to No 65. The fire engine that was housed here is now preserved in Taunton Museum; it was donated to the Borough by T. Medlycott of Ven House in 1733.
Local climate
The Old Fire Engine House (Attached to North Gable of No 65 South Street) receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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