8 and 8a, St James Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Commercial/residential. 2 related planning applications.
8 and 8a, St James Street
- WRENN ID
- distant-sandstone-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Commercial/residential
- Address
- 8 and 8a, St James Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 227 247
- Coordinates
- 51.01734, -3.10258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 8 and 8A on St James Street are probably from the early 19th century and consist of three storeys. The building features a mixture of white and red brick and has a hipped old tiled roof with eaves. There are three windows, although the central window spaces are blocked, and the windows are sashes with glazing bars. A central round-headed doorway leads to Anstey Place at the rear, which includes a traceried fanlight and a six-panel door. The late 19th-century shop front has fluted pilasters on the right. Nos 5 to 8 (consecutive) and 8A form a group with Nos 2A, 3, and 4, which are of local interest.
Local climate
8 and 8a, St James Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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