Powlett House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
Powlett House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-granite-peregrine
- 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
- Powlett House, 34, High Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 226 242
- Coordinates
- 51.01228, -3.10342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Powlett House is an 18th century red-brick building of three storeys. It was altered in the 19th century, with the addition of round-headed windows and terra-cotta decoration. The building has a dentil cornice to the parapet and banded quoins. It features four windows with stepped voussoirs and sash windows without glazing bars. Two windows have been blocked on the right-hand side, and these spaces are decorated with rosettes and cartouches. A good Tuscan doorcase, with a triglyph frieze and pediment, provides access to a six-panel door. A side elevation is visible to the right. Powlett House forms a group with Nos. 31A, 32, 33, 33A and 34.
Local climate
Powlett House 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 1996
- 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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