East Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Toll house.
East Gate
- WRENN ID
- winding-floor-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Toll house
- Address
- East Gate, 68, High Street, Wincanton
- OS grid reference
- ST 716 286
- Coordinates
- 51.05671, -2.40559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
East Gate is a former toll house, likely built in 1791. It features a rendered exterior with ashlar lining and a Welsh slate roof that has a large eaves overhang and an ornamental bargeboard on the north front, while the rear is hipped. The building has a brick chimney stack and stands two storeys high with two bays on each face. The windows are pointed segmental arches with 'Y' tracery and slim surrounds. On the north side, the lower bay contains a plain boarded door that matches the arched surround of the windows. The interior has not been seen. This gate was established in 1791 by the Wincanton Trust, as noted in G. Sweetman's "History of Wincanton," published around 1904.
Local climate
East Gate 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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