The Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. Commercial.

The Avenue

WRENN ID
steep-steeple-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1976
Type
Commercial
Address
The Avenue, 41, South Street, Wellington
OS grid reference
ST 140 204
Coordinates
50.97686, -3.22575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Avenue, located at No. 41 South Street, is a good three-storey building with a five-window Georgian front, built from red brick. It features a hipped slate roof and an eaves cornice, along with red brick bands. The windows are sashes with glazing bars. The entrance is highlighted by a Tuscan doorcase with an open pediment, a Gothic traceried fanlight, panelled reveals, and a six-panel door.

Local climate

The Avenue receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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