Wash House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. House. 3 related planning applications.
Wash House
- WRENN ID
- last-stair-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wash House, High Street, West Coker, BA22 9AU
- OS grid reference
- ST 510 136
- Coordinates
- 50.92061, -2.69835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating from the 19th century, located on the north side of High Street in West Coker. It is constructed from ham stone with ashlar dressings, and has a hipped Welsh slate roof with concealed gutters. Two stone chimney stacks feature moulded caps. The house is two storeys high and has three bays. It has 16-pane sash windows set in plain surrounds. A central, projecting stone porch is topped by a full entablature, and features fluted Ionic pilasters and solid sides, accessible by five steps. Matching side elevations have an Ionic porch on the west side. A single-storey extension to the rear, westwards, has a gable cross finial that supports a local legend relating to a brief period as a religious establishment. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Wash House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1997
- 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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