Cary Antiques, with Front Boundary Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. A Early C19 Semi-detached house and shop.

Cary Antiques, with Front Boundary Railings

WRENN ID
stranded-copper-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1986
Type
Semi-detached house and shop
Address
Cary Antiques, with Front Boundary Railings, High Street, Castle Cary
OS grid reference
ST 641 324
Coordinates
51.08991, -2.51362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cary Antiques is a semi-detached house and shop dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from Cary stone, which is cut and squared, and features a plain clay tile roof with a coped gable on the west side and an abutment on the east. The building has two storeys and two bays.

On the upper floor, there are 16-pane sash windows in plain openings, each with timber lintels. The ground floor includes a single-storey angled bay window with plain sashes and a hipped Welsh slate roof on the first bay. To the left of the second bay, there is a part-glazed door in a heavy frame, accessed by three steps, and set under a timber lintel that cuts into an earlier arched opening. To the right, there is a late 19th-century shop window featuring four elliptical-arched lights with transoms, flanked by panelled pilasters, and topped with a very thin fascia that has a signboard mounted above.

In front of the building, there are cast iron railings with three horizontal rods supported by cast pillars placed about one metre apart. There is a gap for the doorway and a gate at the west end, which enhances the setting of the house and contributes to the streetscape. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Cary Antiques, with Front Boundary Railings 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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