2-4, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1973. Commercial building. 4 related planning applications.
2-4, High Street
- WRENN ID
- grey-pilaster-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1973
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 2-4, High Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 227 244
- Coordinates
- 51.014, -3.10321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2 to 4 High Street is a building that likely dates from the 18th century or earlier. It features a low three-storey front made of stucco with a central pilaster. The building has a continuous slate roof and five windows, most of which are sash windows with glazing bars. There are late 19th-century shop fronts and double doors on the left side. This building is included for its group value, as it forms part of a group with Nos 2 to 14 High Street.
Local climate
2-4, High 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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