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

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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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