The Railings, Gate and Approach Steps to the North and West of the Helyar Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Railings and gate.
The Railings, Gate and Approach Steps to the North and West of the Helyar Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- waiting-lantern-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Railings and gate
- OS grid reference
- ST 539 123
- Coordinates
- 50.90839, -2.65666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings, gate, and approach steps to the north and west of the Helyar Almshouses are from the early 19th century. The steps are made of Ham stone and are flanked by cut and squared stone walls topped with thin flat Ham stone copings, located at the northwest corner of the Almshouses. The railings are made of wrought iron and extend from the northwest corner of the Almshouses, featuring a gate at the top of the steps and a return of approximately 35 meters along the west side, about 5 meters from the houses. The railings stand about 700 millimeters high and have skirted diamond spear tops that match the gate and posts. They are set on a Ham stone ashlar base wall that is approximately 850 millimeters high. These features are of significant value in enhancing the setting of the Almshouses and the approach to the Church of Saint Michael.
Local climate
The Railings, Gate and Approach Steps to the North and West of the Helyar Almshouses receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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