9, New Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. House.

9, New Street

WRENN ID
pale-eave-ivory
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
House
Address
9, New Street, Mells
OS grid reference
ST 727 492
Coordinates
51.24137, -2.39124
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 9 New Street is a house, part of a row, built around 1470 for Abbot Selwood, with 19th-century alterations. The structure is made of coursed and squared Doulting rubble and features an eaves course and a stone tile roof, along with four brick stacks. It has a cross passage plan and is two storeys high with a basement, consisting of three bays. On the first floor, there is a 2-light moulded stone mullioned window to the left, with each light having a trefoil head. There are also further restored mullioned windows with 2, 3, and 4 lights, and a basement opening to the right. The front door has a 3-centred arch opening in a chamfered stone surround, with paired half-glazed plank doors. There is a corresponding door opening at the rear.

Local climate

9, New Street receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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