79a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 2000. Small house.
79a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- half-granite-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 2000
- Type
- Small house
- Address
- 79a, High Street, Wells
- OS grid reference
- ST 547 456
- Coordinates
- 51.20782, -2.64935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
79A High Street is a small house that is set back from the street. It may date from the 17th century or earlier, with a later 18th-century front. The building is constructed of rendered rubble and has a pantile roof.
The exterior features two storeys, with a small single-light casement window at the centre of the first floor. Below this, there is one small light window, a plank door to the left, and a six-panel fielded door to the right, which is framed by thin pilasters and topped with an open pediment hood. A stack is located on the left gable.
The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest. Access to the cottage is through a central passageway that leads to Nos 77 and 79, which are not included in this listing, and there is a small enclosed courtyard between the two properties.
Local climate
79a, High Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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