Nos 5 and 6,With the Iron Railings to Both Sides of the Access Path is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Terrace houses, offices. 1 related planning application.

Nos 5 and 6,With the Iron Railings to Both Sides of the Access Path

WRENN ID
hollow-gallery-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1983
Type
Terrace houses, offices
Address
Nos 5 and 6,With the Iron Railings to Both Sides of the Access Path, Church Terrace, Yeovil, BA20 1HX
OS grid reference
ST 556 160
Coordinates
50.94254, -2.63202
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 5 and 6 are terrace houses, now used as offices, dating from around 1820. They are constructed of brickwork that has been colourwashed, topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring plain verges at the gables. Each house is two stories tall and has two bays, with the terrace built in stepped pairs, making Nos 5 and 6 the highest. The central doorways are located on either side of the party wall, with doors that have had their upper panels removed for glazing. These doors are set in semi-circular arched openings and feature fanlights above with radial glazing bars. Wrought iron brackets for curved porch hoods are still present, although the hoods themselves are missing. Each house has 16-pane sash windows, one on each floor, with all glazing bars intact.

The side elevation of No. 6 is also colourwashed brick and features a circular window with square panes set high in the gable, likely from the early 19th century. The ground and first-floor windows are 20th-century middle casements. The interiors have not been seen. The rear extensions, now known as No. 7, are not included in this listing. The boundary railings for this pair are more elaborate than those of the others, and are almost certainly from the early 19th century. Matching railings on the opposite side of the footpath extend to the limits of No. 6. This stepped terrace of houses, along with Nos 1-4 Church Terrace, is an important feature in the setting of the Church of St John the Baptist.

Local climate

Nos 5 and 6,With the Iron Railings to Both Sides of the Access Path receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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