19 and 19a/19b, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. House, shop.
19 and 19a/19b, High Street
- WRENN ID
- stranded-steel-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1976
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 19 and 19a/19b, High Street, Chard Town
- OS grid reference
- ST 320 085
- Coordinates
- 50.87248, -2.96698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 19 and 19A/19B on High Street are two houses that have been converted into three shops, dating from the early 19th century. The buildings are finished in stucco, likely over limestone rubble, and feature a slate roof with brick stacks at the gable ends. They have a double-depth plan and stand two storeys tall with a four-window range.
Above the projecting shopfronts, there is a moulded 19th-century wood cornice. No. 19 has a 20th-century door to the right, which includes a 19th-century overlight and reeded panel reveals, along with a 20th-century bow window. No. 19A features a 20th-century door to the left with a 19th-century overlight and reeded panel reveals, and a shop window from the 20th century. No. 19B has a 20th-century door to the left, a blocked overlight, a reeded doorcase, and panelled reveals, with what is likely an original bow window that retains its original glazing bars.
On the first floor, there are four 8/8-pane sash windows that still have much of their original glass. The ground floors have been altered, and the shop fronts appear to be later additions. All three shops have large two-storey workshop ranges at the rear. The left shop, No. 19, contains the entire upper floor of the three shops (including attics) and the workshop range. There is a window on the ground floor of that range set between moulded stone jambs, likely dating from the 17th century.
Inside, most of the remaining features are from the early 19th century, including an elliptical arch on the landing.
Local climate
19 and 19a/19b, High Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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