Downside Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1974. Inn. 2 related planning applications.
Downside Inn
- WRENN ID
- rough-terrace-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1974
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Downside Inn, Bath Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4JL
- OS grid reference
- ST 623 451
- Coordinates
- 51.20409, -2.53964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Downside Inn is a house that has been converted into an inn, dating from around 1650. It features a rendered exterior and a triple Roman tile roof with end stacks, one of which is made of ashlar. The building has a symmetrical facade with two storeys and three bays. On each side, there are three-light ovolo moulded stone mullioned windows, while the centre has a two-light window. Above these windows are rectangular labels, and on the ground floor to the right, there is a 19th-century casement window. The central doorway is framed by a moulded stone architrave, with a 20th-century door and porch. To the left side, there is a penthouse that includes a four-light ovolo moulded window with a label above it. At the rear, there is a two-storey, four-bay wing that features two- and three-light ovolo moulded mullioned windows, along with a square-headed stone door opening that has a chamfered surround.
Local climate
Downside Inn 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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