The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. House. 7 related planning applications.
The Close
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-quoin-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Close, West End, Wedmore, BS28 4BN
- OS grid reference
- ST 431 475
- Coordinates
- 51.22457, -2.81546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Close is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is constructed with roughcast rendering, and has a triple Roman tile roof with coped verges and rubble end stacks topped with moulded caps. The house is arranged in an "L" shape.
The two-story main block has three bays, with 3-light casement windows on the first floor featuring horizontal glazing bars, and large 3-light transomed casements on the ground floor. All window openings are set within cambered reveals. A central door opening is accessed via a plank door with a glazed panel, sheltered by a metal tent-canopy hood supported by twin cast-iron posts, with wooden latticework to either side.
A rear wing features a hollow-moulded stone mullioned window with a stopped label, alongside a further casement window to the first floor, also beneath a stopped label. The interior retains some panelling.
Local climate
The Close receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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