Wellsprings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Wellsprings
- WRENN ID
- knotted-basalt-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wellsprings, Kingston Road, Taunton, TA2 7ST
- OS grid reference
- ST 223 264
- Coordinates
- 51.03181, -3.10867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wellsprings is a two-storey farmhouse, likely dating from the 17th century, situated at right angles to Kingston Road. The building features roughcast stone and cob walls and has a thatched roof with half-dormers. It has been restored and now includes mostly modern windows. There is a thatched porch at the entrance, and lower extensions are present to the right.
Local climate
Wellsprings 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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