6, Blake Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1974. House, apartments. 1 related planning application.
6, Blake Street
- WRENN ID
- veiled-column-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1974
- Type
- House, apartments
- Address
- 6, Blake Street, Bridgwater, TA6 3NB
- OS grid reference
- ST 299 368
- Coordinates
- 51.12699, -3.00178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 6, Blake Street is a late 18th-century house, now converted into apartments. It is situated in Bridgwater. The house is constructed of Flemish-bond brick, with a stone coping to the parapet, a painted stone cornice, stepped voussoirs, and a cill band to the first floor. It has a double-depth plan, with a 20th-century rear range. The house is three storeys high and has a four-window range. It features flat arches over the 6/6-pane sash windows, some of which have crown glass. The door, located to the left of centre, has eight panels, with raised-and-fielded detailing to the upper part and beaded detailing to the base. The doorcase has Tuscan pilasters, an open pediment, and a semicircular fanlight containing two panes of glass. An iron ring is attached to the left of the door. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
6, Blake Street receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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