The Court House is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. Court house. 4 related planning applications.
The Court House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-kitchen-kestrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1949
- Type
- Court house
- Address
- The Court House, 8, King Street, Frome, BA11 1BT
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 480
- Coordinates
- 51.2309, -2.31991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Court House, located on King Street, is a building dating from around 1700 or earlier. It is constructed of rubble that was formerly stuccoed. The structure features a chamfered plinth, coves, and a moulded eaves cornice. Only the end pilasters in stucco remain, visible in breaks in the cornice. The roof is covered with stone tiles and includes three dormers; the outer ones are gabled, while the center one has a segmental head. The building is two storeys high, with windows arranged in a pattern of 2 - 3 - 2, featuring sashes set within architraves. The central unit slightly projects forward and has one standard-width window flanked by two narrower ones, all with cambered heads. The central door is notable for its good semi-circular shell hood, which contains a carved motif and carved brackets. The segment-headed doorway features a panelled door from around 1760, with the center panels being trefoil-headed and the lower panels cross-braced. There is a lead rainwater head to the right. At the rear, the window arrangement has been altered, but two blocked cross-mullion type windows are still visible. The interior has been modified and includes a plain staircase from around 1800 with a rosewood handrail.
Local climate
The Court House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 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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