Entrance Stairway to Undercroft of Enmore Castle with Area Railings in Grounds of No 1 Enmore Castle, Adjacent to West End of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Stairway. 1 related planning application.

Entrance Stairway to Undercroft of Enmore Castle with Area Railings in Grounds of No 1 Enmore Castle, Adjacent to West End of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
stark-sill-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1987
Type
Stairway
Address
Entrance Stairway to Undercroft of Enmore Castle with Area Railings in Grounds of No 1 Enmore Castle, Adjacent to West End of Church of St Michael, TA5 2DU
OS grid reference
ST 239 352
Coordinates
51.11109, -3.08778
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance stairway to the undercroft of Enmore Castle, located in the grounds of No. 1 Enmore Castle and adjacent to the west end of the Church of St Michael, dates before 1779 and was commissioned by John Perceval, Earl of Egmont. It provides access between the undercroft of Enmore Castle and the Church of St Michael. The stairway is circular, featuring stone steps with nosings set upon brick bases, some of which are decayed. It is accompanied by plain circular area railings made of wrought iron, with an attached guard rail at the top of the stairway.

Local climate

Entrance Stairway to Undercroft of Enmore Castle with Area Railings in Grounds of No 1 Enmore Castle, Adjacent to West End of Church of St Michael receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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