Former Fire Engine House, 4 Metres to Rear of No 5, Silver Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Fire engine house. 1 related planning application.
Former Fire Engine House, 4 Metres to Rear of No 5, Silver Street
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-screen-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Fire engine house
- Address
- Former Fire Engine House, 4 Metres to Rear of No 5, Silver Street, BA10 0EB
- OS grid reference
- ST 683 348
- Coordinates
- 51.11179, -2.45309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former fire engine house, located 4 metres behind No. 5 Silver Street, dates back to 1866. It is constructed from local stone that is cut and squared, featuring Doulting stone ashlar dressings and a stone slate roof with stepped coping on the west side. The east gable is plain and has an octagonal stone chimney stack on a square base, topped with a moulded cap. The building is single-storey and consists of 2 bays. It has a plinth and ashlar quoins, with two just-pointed, 2-centre arched doorways that have keyed ashlar surrounds in the west gable. Above and between the doorways is a plain stone plaque inscribed with "1866 Engine House." Access to the building was originally from the former playground of the National School, which is now a car park.
Local climate
Former Fire Engine House, 4 Metres to Rear of No 5, Silver Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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