Somerset and Bath Constabulary Headquarters is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Former county gaol. 1 related planning application.
Somerset and Bath Constabulary Headquarters
- WRENN ID
- solemn-gallery-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Former county gaol
- Address
- Somerset and Bath Constabulary Headquarters, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 224 241
- Coordinates
- 51.01154, -3.10728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Somerset and Bath Constabulary Headquarters is the former County Gaol located behind the Police Station. It was originally built in 1754 and later enlarged in 1815 and 1843. The building is a long three-storey structure with a higher polygonal tower attached to the rear. The third wing of the T-shaped building has been demolished. It features red rubble walls with ashlar window dressings and slate roofs. The gable end parapets have kneelers, and the polygonal tower has a cap with deep eaves. On the left side, there are sash windows with glazing bars under mostly cambered stone voussoir lintels. The right side has shorter windows. The gable end to the west has three tall round-headed windows with stone and brick surrounds. The side walls of the polygonal tower have four-light windows with stone mullions and a sill band. The Somerset and Bath Constabulary Headquarters and Block 'B' to the southeast form a group.
Local climate
Somerset and Bath Constabulary Headquarters 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
- 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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