The Blue Boar Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Inn.

The Blue Boar Inn

WRENN ID
knotted-sandstone-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Inn
Address
The Blue Boar Inn, Market Place, Frome
OS grid reference
ST 777 480
Coordinates
51.23161, -2.32054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Blue Boar Inn was built in 1691 for Theophilus Lacey, although it may contain some earlier fabric. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and features a modern pantile roof with end chimneys, one of which is made of stone. It has two gabled dormers and stands two storeys high with three windows. The windows on the ground floor are 19th-century sashes set in architraves, paired on the left-hand side. There is a plain central door opening and a panelled pier to the left on a moulded plinth, which is part of the earlier structure. A projecting wrought iron inn sign with a painted board is also present. Additionally, there is a two-storey extension over the river that includes two paired sashes on the first floor. The building has undergone many later alterations.

Local climate

The Blue Boar Inn receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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