3, Gentle Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. Inn. 5 related planning applications.
3, Gentle Street
- WRENN ID
- north-spire-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1949
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- 3, Gentle Street, Frome, BA11 1JA
- OS grid reference
- ST 776 478
- Coordinates
- 51.22919, -2.32149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 3 Gentle Street is a former Waggon and Horses Inn, dating from the 17th century. The building is constructed of rubble and stands three storeys high, featuring two gables. The upper windows have later three-light casements, while the lower windows are fitted with 18th-century sash windows. To the left of the entrance is a modern window. Above the doorway, there is a small stair-light with a wooden surround and lintel. The entrance features a doorway with a flat wooden hood supported by brackets, a moulded lintel, and an ogee stop moulded surround. The door is studded and has a modern glass panel inserted. The roof is covered with stone tiles.
Local climate
3, Gentle Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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