The Chimes is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Shop and house.
The Chimes
- WRENN ID
- distant-pier-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Shop and house
- Address
- The Chimes, 18, High Street, Rode, BA3 6NZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 803 538
- Coordinates
- 51.28301, -2.2831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chimes is a shop and house dating from the late 18th century. It features a rubble plinth, ashlar stonework, and a pantile roof with a small brick ridge stack on the right side. The building is three stories high and has one bay. The first floor has paired 12-pane sash windows with a central dividing mullion, while the second floor has a similar blank opening that is painted to resemble sash windows. On the ground floor, there is a 12-pane sash window on the right and a 16-pane shop front on the left, which includes pilasters that support a fascia board and a moulded cornice. The central entrance consists of paired three-quarter glazed doors, accessed by three concrete steps. The left return of the building is designed in a similar style.
Local climate
The Chimes receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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