The Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1969. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Priory
- WRENN ID
- quiet-wall-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Priory, Draycott Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5HS
- OS grid reference
- ST 616 438
- Coordinates
- 51.19281, -2.54963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Priory is a house dating to around 1800. It is constructed of rendered material, with a slate hipped roof and ashlar stacks. The house is two storeys high and has four bays, featuring large sash windows with glazing bars in plain stone surrounds. A single-storey, two-bay projecting wing is located on the right-hand side, with a door opening framed by an Ionic portico. The portico features a flat entablature and a blocking course on two fluted columns. A six-panelled door completes the entrance.
Local climate
The Priory 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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