The Sanatorium, Kings School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Sanatorium, Kings School
- WRENN ID
- bitter-bronze-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Sanatorium, Kings School, 38, High Street, Bruton, BA10 0AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 682 348
- Coordinates
- 51.11166, -2.45533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sanatorium, Kings School, is a house from the early 19th century, located on the south side of High Street in Bruton. It is constructed from Doulting stone ashlar and features a plain clay tile roof with plain gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has three storeys and three bays. It includes a plinth and 12-pane sash windows in plain openings, which decrease in height with each storey. The entrance, located in the first bay, consists of a four-panel door with a margined fanlight, set within a stone surround that has flat Doric pilasters and a flat stone hood supported by corbel brackets. Inside, the property boasts moulded ceilings and cornices.
Local climate
The Sanatorium, Kings School receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 3 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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