31a and 32, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1973. Commercial. 3 related planning applications.

31a and 32, High Street

WRENN ID
unlit-pinnacle-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1973
Type
Commercial
Address
31a and 32, High Street, Taunton, TA1 3PN
OS grid reference
ST 226 242
Coordinates
51.01216, -3.10334
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building on the west side of High Street dates from the early 19th century. It is a three-story structure with a brown brick front. The roof is covered with old tiles. The front has three windows, the central one painted, and they are all sash windows with glazing bars. There are two small shop fronts, each with original glazing divisions. The building is part of a group that comprises numbers 31A, 32, 33, 33A and 34.

Local climate

31a and 32, High Street 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
  • 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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