8 and 9, Cornhill is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1974. Commercial. 2 related planning applications.
8 and 9, Cornhill
- WRENN ID
- hidden-loggia-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1974
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 8 and 9, Cornhill, Bridgwater, TA6 3BU
- OS grid reference
- ST 298 370
- Coordinates
- 51.12816, -3.00362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These offices, now two shops, were built around 1860-70. They are constructed from limestone ashlar and feature a symmetrical six-window facade. The building is four storeys high and has a large, three-storey rear wing extending to the right. The architectural style is Italianate High Renaissance.
The building is topped by a balustraded parapet, supported by four piers. Below this is a cornice, ornamented with modillions and dentils, which returns to the right with a foliate frieze. Rusticated quoins are visible at the corners. The windows are 2/2-pane sashes and diminish in size on each floor; they are framed by moulded architraves. A string course, carrying a narrow foliate frieze, runs at the level of the third-floor sills. Cornices, moulded architraves, and consoles project from a string course to the second floor, supporting the window sills. Segmental pediments are above the first-floor windows, which also have a cornice at cill level, likely indicating a former fascia.
The interior has not been inspected. The design is similar to that of the adjacent commercial premises at numbers 10 and 11 Cornhill.
Local climate
8 and 9, Cornhill receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 3 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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