52,53,54 and 55, Christchurch Street East is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
52,53,54 and 55, Christchurch Street East
- WRENN ID
- riven-wattle-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 52,53,54 and 55, Christchurch Street East, Frome, BA11 1QD
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 477
- Coordinates
- 51.22839, -2.31955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of 18th-century cottages situated at the angle where Christchurch Street East meets another road. The cottages are built of painted rubble with stone dressings. They are two storeys high and originally had two windows each, although No. 53 differs. The windows are sash windows; Nos. 54 and 55 retain their original glazing bars, while the other windows have plate glass or modern aluminium glazing. The window surrounds have a rolled inner edge, and No. 55 has wooden architraves. Each cottage has a panelled door sheltered by a moulded stone hood supported on brackets.
Local climate
52,53,54 and 55, Christchurch Street East receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 9 transactions since 1998
- 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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