Selwood House, with Short Enclosing Wall and Railing to Forecourt is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. House. 6 related planning applications.
Selwood House, with Short Enclosing Wall and Railing to Forecourt
- WRENN ID
- white-keystone-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- Selwood House, with Short Enclosing Wall and Railing to Forecourt, Market Place, Somerton, TA11 7LX
- OS grid reference
- ST 490 284
- Coordinates
- 51.05357, -2.72796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Selwood House, now used as offices, is an early 19th-century building constructed from locally sourced lias stone that has been cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate and features plain gables, along with brick chimney stacks at each end. The house is two storeys high and consists of three bays. It has a Ham stone plinth and 16-pane sash windows that are framed with architraved surrounds. The central entrance features a 6-panel door, partly glazed, set within a Ham stone surround that includes Tuscan pilasters and a plain entablature above. The interior has not been seen. There is a short enclosing wall made of matching stone that extends about 4 metres from the northeast corner, along with a section of wrought iron railing with twist spear heads on the return, which adds to the overall setting. In the early 20th century, the house served as a preparatory school.
Local climate
Selwood House, with Short Enclosing Wall and Railing to Forecourt receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 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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