The Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Poor-house.

The Barracks

WRENN ID
tired-eave-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
Poor-house
Address
The Barracks, 17-19, Church Street, Kilmersdon
OS grid reference
ST 696 524
Coordinates
51.2705, -2.43642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Barracks is a former poor-house, now divided into three dwellings, built in the early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features a double-Roman tile roof with coped verges, along with brick and rendered stacks and ashlar bases. The building has a rectangular shape and presents a severe three-storey facade with seven bays. The windows are stone-mullioned, with two-light windows above and three-light windows on the ground floor. There are three door openings; the central one features an architrave door opening with a stone doorcase, a pulvinated frieze with a triple keystone, and a pediment supported by rusticated pilasters, leading to a plank door. The outer door openings have plank doors and simple 20th-century gabled porches.

Local climate

The Barracks receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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