The Elms the Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Duplex residence. 3 related planning applications.

The Elms the Retreat

WRENN ID
dusted-lead-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1952
Type
Duplex residence
Address
The Elms the Retreat, 70, Wellington Road, Taunton, TA1 5AP
OS grid reference
ST 217 246
Coordinates
51.01553, -3.11707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Elms and The Retreat are a pair of early 19th-century houses located on Wellington Road. They are two storeys high and have a roughcast exterior, set back from the road. The front features two slightly projecting wings with pediment gables, and between them is a trellis verandah. The side elevations also have a similar trellis treatment around the door openings, which are topped with segmental arches. The houses have a slate roof and four windows, with wood casements that have ornamental glazing bars, but this detail applies only to The Elms.

Local climate

The Elms the Retreat receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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