1-6, Cheapside is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. A C19 Commercial. 3 related planning applications.
1-6, Cheapside
- WRENN ID
- dark-loggia-alder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 1-6, Cheapside, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 228 244
- Coordinates
- 51.01426, -3.10129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an imposing early 19th-century stucco building located on an island site at the west end of East Street. The north front has a slightly curved design, accentuated by pilasters and horizontal bands. It features a moulded cornice and parapet. The front curves at both ends, with the eastern curve forming a four-story bow window. A delicate wrought-iron balcony returns around the curved end and is supported by brackets above the shop window of No. 6. The building contains ten sash windows, most of which have glazing bars. Later shop fronts have been added. The building is part of a significant group with properties including No. 1A Billet Street, No. 66, the County Hotel, the Brendon Bar, and No. 8 East Street, all contributing to the character of Cheapside, Fore Street, and the Parade.
Local climate
1-6, Cheapside receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2006
- 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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