Former Railway Goods Shed is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1981. Former railway goods shed. 4 related planning applications.
Former Railway Goods Shed
- WRENN ID
- roaming-baluster-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1981
- Type
- Former railway goods shed
- Address
- Former Railway Goods Shed, Westfield Road, Wells, BA5 2HS
- OS grid reference
- ST 543 455
- Coordinates
- 51.20749, -2.65516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former railway goods shed, now used as commercial premises with multiple occupants, dates back to around 1870. It is constructed from Draycott stone rubble, featuring Bath stone ashlar dressings and a Bridgwater triple-angle clay tiled roof with plain gables. The roof overhangs on the east side, covering two main archways.
The exterior is a single storey with five bays. The east side showcases four-centre-arched windows with ashlar surrounds, including imposts on bays one and five, and a matching doorway in bay three. Bays two and four feature large four-centre arches. The south gable has two large arches, with the west arch presumably positioned over the former railway track. The west side includes four windows and a central door, while the north side has the track arch on the west side and a small one-storey extension at the northeast corner that matches the main structure.
Although the interior was not inspected, this building is recognized as a good example of Great Western Railway architecture. It is located on the former Bristol and Exeter Railway line between Yatton and Wells, which opened on April 5th, 1870, serving the Wells Tucker Street Station, one of three stations in the city during the 19th century.
Local climate
Former Railway Goods Shed receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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