12, Middle Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. House.
12, Middle Street
- WRENN ID
- empty-rood-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 12, Middle Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 228 247
- Coordinates
- 51.01665, -3.10142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 12 Middle Street is a tall square red brick house, likely built around 1700, situated at the angle of Middle Street. The rainwater head features the initials I.T.D, but there is no date provided. The house has parapets and three windows on each of its sides, with sash windows that have wide flush frames. On the ground floor, there are two round-headed windows. A later 18th-century Tuscan doorcase with a traceried fanlight is present. Inside, the house boasts well-preserved oak panelled rooms from around 1700 and a staircase with a panelled dado. To the left, there is a two-storey extension, and to the right, a pair of tall gatepiers can be found on the street.
This building is part of a group of listed buildings on the south side of Middle Street, which includes No 13 Canon Street. No 12 also contributes to the group with Nos 13 and 14 Middle Street on the north side, with No 14 being noted for its local interest.
Local climate
12, Middle Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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