71 and 71a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1974. Shop with dwelling.
71 and 71a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- lost-span-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1974
- Type
- Shop with dwelling
- Address
- 71 and 71a, High Street, Bridgwater
- OS grid reference
- ST 296 369
- Coordinates
- 51.12762, -3.00713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
71 and 71A High Street is a shop with a dwelling, dating from the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of painted brick and features stone stepped voussoirs, cills, a platband, and a keyed semicircular arch above the door. It has a slate roof with brick stacks at the gable ends and a double-depth plan. The structure stands three storeys high and has a three-window range. The wide eaves are supported by paired brackets, and the second floor has 3/6-pane sash windows, while the first floor features 6/6-pane sashes above the shop. The 20th-century shopfront is flanked by late 19th-century panelled pilasters with foliate scrolled consoles supporting a moulded fascia. To the right, there is a six-panel door topped with an ornamental semicircular fanlight. The rear of the building also has a three-window range with similar windows to the front, along with a blocked door to the left and a blocked shop window to the right. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
71 and 71a, High Street receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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