2, THE AVENUE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. A Medieval Shop, court room. 3 related planning applications.
2, THE AVENUE (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- ancient-loggia-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- Shop, court room
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 2, THE AVENUE (See details for further address information), Minehead, TA24 5UQ
- OS grid reference
- SS 969 462
- Coordinates
- 51.20581, -3.47668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
2, The Avenue is a 15th-century court room, later adapted as a house and now a shop, located in Minehead. The building is constructed of rubble stone with a plain tile roof and originally comprised three storeys. It features a two-window range to the front, which faces The Avenue. A small, oak-framed two-light window sits at the apex of the gable, and a larger, similarly styled window is positioned on the first floor, both featuring cusped heads to the lights. Large buttresses flank a 20th-century shop door. A return side, facing Summerland Road, contains a 15th-century oak door frame with a chamfered four-centred arch and foliate spandrels, leading to a planked and studded door fitted with strap hinges. The interior retains some original features, including a hollow-chamfered beam on the ground floor and a tie beam with mounting points for removed joists. The roof structure was replaced in the late 19th century. Historically, the building served as a court room and subsequently as the offices of the Luttrell Estate, holding significance as a place of local administration.
Local climate
2, THE AVENUE (See details for further address information) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 5 transactions since 2005
- 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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