8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Shop.
8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- solitary-chamber-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 8, High Street, Bruton
- OS grid reference
- ST 683 348
- Coordinates
- 51.11236, -2.45372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 High Street is a shop that was originally a house, likely built in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick with a Flemish bond and is colourwashed. It has a concrete double Roman tile roof with a plain west gable. The structure stands three storeys high and features two bays. The early 20th-century shopfront is designed in a late Art Nouveau style, showcasing a two-light shop window set on a glazed stall riser and an angled door to the right, all beneath a deep fascia. The first floor has plain sash windows, while the second floor features 9-pane sashes. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
8, High Street 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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