96-118, South Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Row of cottages. 16 related planning applications.
96-118, South Street
- WRENN ID
- idle-gateway-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- 96-118, South Street, Taunton, TA1 3AG
- OS grid reference
- ST 235 242
- Coordinates
- 51.01266, -3.09136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a long terrace of modest early to mid-19th century cottages located on South Street. The terrace comprises numbers 96 to 118 (even). The buildings are two storeys high, with basements towards the south end. The roofs are mainly slate, though some sections have pantiles. The exterior is predominantly yellow brick, with some areas painted. Each cottage generally has two sash windows; numbers 96 and 112 feature 3-light bays extending through both storeys, while number 106 has a projecting 2-light window. The doorways are round-headed, with fanlights and some original 6-panel doors. Curved brackets support semi-circular hoods over the doorways of numbers 96 to 100 (even) and 106. The buildings are included in the listing as a group.
Local climate
96-118, South 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 — 12 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 16 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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