5, Quay Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1976. Cottage.

5, Quay Street

WRENN ID
haunted-keep-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
5, Quay Street, Minehead
OS grid reference
SS 971 467
Coordinates
51.21038, -3.47386
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 5 Quay Street is a cottage dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features painted render over rubblestone and has a slate roof with a brick stack at the rear. The building has a single-unit plan and stands two storeys high with a one-window range. There is a central two-light casement window at eaves level above a three-light casement window. A 20th-century door is located in the right reveal, and there is a 19th-century loggia at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. This cottage is included for its group value with other nearby buildings.

Local climate

5, Quay Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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