Fire Hydrant is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 2002. Fire hydrant. 1 related planning application.
Fire Hydrant
- WRENN ID
- keen-keystone-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 2002
- Type
- Fire hydrant
- Address
- Fire Hydrant, Ethel Street, Wells, BA5 2HP
- OS grid reference
- ST 544 454
- Coordinates
- 51.20631, -2.65309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This fire hydrant, dating from around the mid-19th century, was made by J. Stone and Co. of Deptford, London. It is constructed from cast iron and has a circular shape, standing approximately 1 metre tall. The hydrant features a short fluted column with a moulded base and capital, and the base is inscribed with 'CITY of WELLS'. It includes a hose connection on the side. This hydrant is part of a series located in Wells, including those on Priory Road, St Andrew Street, and St Thomas Street.
Local climate
Fire Hydrant receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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