1-5, Park Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Terrace of houses. 3 related planning applications.
1-5, Park Street
- WRENN ID
- young-moat-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- 1-5, Park Street, Taunton, TA1 4DF
- OS grid reference
- ST 222 243
- Coordinates
- 51.01319, -3.10907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1-5 Park Street represents the remaining eastern end of a terrace of buildings situated on the south side of Park Street, likely dating from the mid-19th century. Numbers 1 and 2 are two storeys in height, while the remaining houses rise to three storeys. The buildings are constructed of yellow brick, with number 1 having a whitewashed exterior. They are topped with slate roofs and have eaves. Each house features two sash windows, incorporating glazing bars. Small, three-light canted bays are present on the ground floor. The doorways are round-headed, featuring a recessed order, and contain six-panel doors. These buildings are included on the list as part of a group alongside other buildings in Park Street and extending to numbers 2 to 18 (even) on Wellington Road, with the exception of St Paul’s House.
Local climate
1-5, Park Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 15 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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