Nos 85 and 87 with Front Boundary Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. House.

Nos 85 and 87 with Front Boundary Railings

WRENN ID
forbidden-portal-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
House
Address
Nos 85 and 87 with Front Boundary Railings, North Street, Martock
OS grid reference
ST 462 197
Coordinates
50.97457, -2.76679
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 85 and 87 are a pair of houses located on North Street, dating from the later 17th century. They are constructed from Ham stone ashlar and feature a double Roman clay tile roof supported by brick chimney stacks. The houses are two storeys high and consist of three bays in total.

No. 85, which is a single bay, has ovolo mould mullioned windows with three lights and horizontal bar infills, along with a label below. It also has a boarded door with a light set in the opening to the left. No. 87 occupies two bays and features hollow chamfer mullioned windows, with the lower windows having plain casements inserted. The lower bay 1 has a cambered arched doorway with incised spandrils, set under a deep lintel with a square label.

Although the interiors have not been seen, there is a plain wrought iron railing with arrowhead points and quarter-circle braces located two metres west of the houses. There are no gates, but at each end, the railing is connected to coped stone walls that return to the houses, enhancing the setting of the houses and the overall streetscape.

Local climate

Nos 85 and 87 with Front Boundary Railings 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 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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