Kingsview is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. House.
Kingsview
- WRENN ID
- western-jade-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kingsview, 42, High Street, Bruton, BA10 0AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 682 347
- Coordinates
- 51.11158, -2.45554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingsview is a house located on the south side of High Street in Bruton, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble, featuring painted ashlar dressings, and has a hipped Welsh slate roof at the west end, with brick chimney stacks at either end. The building stands three stories tall and consists of three bays. It has a plinth and sash windows set in plain ashlar surrounds, with 12- and 16-pane windows on the ground floor, 12-pane windows on the first floor, and 9-pane windows on the second floor. The entrance is a semi-circular arched doorway with a plain surround that includes impost blocks, leading to a six-panel door topped with a curved fanlight and painted glass. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
Kingsview receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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