Nos 1 and 2 (Former Almshouses) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Almshouses. 5 related planning applications.
Nos 1 and 2 (Former Almshouses)
- WRENN ID
- slow-pedestal-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Nos 1 and 2 (Former Almshouses), Magdalene Lane, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 228 245
- Coordinates
- 51.01472, -3.10101
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 are former almshouses built in 1845. This Gothic-style building is two stories high and constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings. The left side of the building projects slightly forward. It features three gables with moulded cappings that rise into an old tiled roof, and there is a large central ashlar stack. Weathered hoodmoulds link along the front of the building. The first floor has original pointed lights, with paired windows on the left and a single window on the right side of the ground floor. There are two moulded pointed doorways, each topped with rectangular dripmoulds, leading to original double doors.
Local climate
Nos 1 and 2 (Former Almshouses) 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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