14, SADLER STREET
14, SADLER STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383088
- Date first listed:
- 13-Sept-1972
- List Entry Name:
- 14, SADLER STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 14, SADLER STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-08-10
- Reference:
- IOE01/12859/34
- Rights:
- © Mr John Chester. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383088
- Date first listed:
- 13-Sept-1972
- List Entry Name:
- 14, SADLER STREET
- Statutory Address 1:
- 14, SADLER STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 14, SADLER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wells
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 54971 45805
Details
WELLS
ST5445 SADLER STREET
662-1/7/225 (East side)
13/09/72 No.14
GV II
House, now shop with flat over. Mid to late C18 facade to
earlier property. Roughcast, double Roman clay tiled roof with
plain gable to north and abutment to south. Parallel-range
double-depth plan, the rear (E) side facing Cathedral Green.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 bays; late C19 shop front under shallow
full-width fascia, with 3-light display window plus curved
quadrants on either side of the central recessed doorway, all
to narrow glazing bars; on right a 6-panel door for access to
upper floors. Upper floors each have paired 12-pane sashes in
smooth rendered architraves. On north flank is an additional
retaining wall in random stone rubble, to eaves level, with
flat coping, dating from the clearance of the adjoining site
to form the Swan Garden c1869.
Rear elevation rendered, with matching roof, and brick chimney
stack, 2 storeys and attic, single bay. Ground floor has a
12-pane sash in plain surround with exposed sash boxes and a
part-glazed door to the left. At first floor a 16-pane sash
window, and high gabled face dormer above, with tiled cheeks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this property was first established c1370,
when the E side of Sadler Street was developed; the building
originally straddled a N/S wall to the Cathedral Precinct.
(Town and Country Planning Working Papers: Scrase AJ: Wells: A
Study of Town Origins: Bristol: 1982-: 59).
Listing NGR: ST5497145807
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 483506
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jul-2026 at 11:02:27.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.