5 and 7, The Square is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
5 and 7, The Square
- WRENN ID
- rooted-cloister-khaki
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- 5 and 7, The Square, Wiveliscombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 080 278
- Coordinates
- 51.04234, -3.31225
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A house and bank, dating to 1881, now used as offices and a public library. The building is red sandstone ashlar on the ground floor, with tile hanging above, and has a steeply pitched slate roof. It is built in the Norman Shaw style and consists of three storeys and an attic, with a slightly curved facade and two bays on the left and three bays on the right. The ground floor has eight-light mullioned and transomed windows, with a 20th-century shopfront. Above, the windows are a mix of wooden oriels, projecting from carved grotesque corbels that support hipped roofs and carved decorative panels. Other windows are wooden mullioned casements, some with carved panels depicting stylised fruit, human figures, and mythical animals in a style inspired by Norwegian stave church carvings. Gabled dormer windows light the roof space. A two-centred arch doorway, originally for the bank, is situated in the right-hand bay on the ground floor. Inside, the wooden stair hall has a queenpost roof and curved wind braces, with galleries running along each floor. Access to the bedrooms and servants' quarters has been blocked.
Local climate
5 and 7, The Square 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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