Temple Methodist Church Temple Methodist Schools is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Church, schools.
Temple Methodist Church Temple Methodist Schools
- WRENN ID
- burning-span-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Church, schools
- Address
- Temple Methodist Church Temple Methodist Schools, Upper High Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 225 241
- Coordinates
- 51.01191, -3.1048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Temple Methodist Church and Temple Methodist Schools were built in 1868 by J. Wilson. The church features a gable end facing the street and has a two-storey front made of white brick with ashlar dressings. Diagonal buttresses with setoffs flank the central section, while polygonal turrets are located at the outer sections. The building has a cornice with some sculptured details and a gable parapet with finials, along with a quatrefoil in the gable and a stringcourse. Above the entrance, there is a large traceried three-light window, and the other windows are simple two-light traceried designs. The central pointed doorway has a moulded surround, and there are additional pointed doorways in the turrets. To the left, there is a two-window extension in a similar Decorated style. The three-window gable end of Wesleyan Temple Schools, which was rebuilt in 1868, is attached on the right. Temple Methodist Church and Schools, along with Nos 42 and 43, form a group.
Local climate
Temple Methodist Church Temple Methodist Schools 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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