Former Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1984. Former police station. 5 related planning applications.
Former Police Station
- WRENN ID
- over-vault-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1984
- Type
- Former police station
- Address
- Former Police Station, North Street, Wincanton, BA9 9AZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 711 288
- Coordinates
- 51.05784, -2.41292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Police Station, now houses, was built in 1856 by Robert Shout of Yeovil. It is constructed of local stone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring Welsh slate roofs and stone and yellow brick chimney stacks. The building has an ‘H’ shape, with two storeys and 1+3+1 bays. It has a plinth, ashlar quoins, and an eaves course. The windows are two-light, with ovolo moulded mullions, shoulder arches to recesses, and elaborate worked heads. The lower windows have labels. The bays at either end project for two bays each, with doors set within segmental pointed arches. The central bay contains a wide segmental-pointed archway, above which "County Police" and the Somerset County Arms and motto are carved into the lintol, all set under a shaped label. The eaves course arches into a stepped false gable with a finial. While the interior has not been inspected, the exterior retains its original character despite conversion.
Local climate
Former Police Station 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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 — 23 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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