3, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Shop, house. 1 related planning application.
3, High Street
- WRENN ID
- burning-pillar-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Shop, house
- Address
- 3, High Street, Axbridge, BS26 2AF
- OS grid reference
- ST 430 545
- Coordinates
- 51.28712, -2.81772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building on High Street in Axbridge is a shop and house, likely dating back to the 16th or 17th century, although it was significantly altered in the early 19th century. It has a pantile roof and rendered exterior. The upper floor has 12-pane sash windows added in the 20th century. The ground floor features a shop front dating to the late 19th century, with a central half-glazed door and a three-light bowed window on each side, all topped by a facioard. Inside, there are exposed ceiling beams, although many of these have been renewed. This building holds group value as a well-preserved example of a historic commercial property within the town centre.
Local climate
3, High Street 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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