3 AND 5, ST THOMAS STREET
3 AND 5, ST THOMAS 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:
- 1383128
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- 3 AND 5, ST THOMAS STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 3 AND 5, ST THOMAS 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:
- 2004-08-07
- Reference:
- IOE01/12561/34
- Rights:
- © Mr Brian Roberts. 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:
- 1383128
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- 3 AND 5, ST THOMAS STREET
- Statutory Address 1:
- 3 AND 5, ST THOMAS 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:
- 3 AND 5, ST THOMAS 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 55279 46023
Details
WELLS
ST5446 ST THOMAS STREET
662-1/6/268 (North side)
12/11/53 Nos.3 AND 5
GV II*
House in short row, now 2 houses. Probably C14 origins, with
C17 and C19 modifications. Rendered and colourwashed over
rubble, clay pantiled roof with abutment to west and
continuation to east, brick and rendered chimney stacks.
PLAN: Nos 3 and 5 joined by a shared passageway, a possible
former screens passage; No.3 possibly represents the service
room to the hall and inner room in No.5; heightened and
remodelled in later years, the passage entry being positioned
beneath a front lateral stack and with a shared roof structure
of early C17 date; later rear extensions.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic. No.3 of 3 wide bays irregular
fenestration. Plinth, C20 doorway with sidelight in a recess
to bay 1, composite sash window of 4+12+4 panes to bay 2 and a
12-pane sash window to bay 3. First floor has three 12-pane
sash windows, none aligned with those below. Almost in centre
of roof is a raked dormer with a 3-light small-pane casement
window. No.5 of single wide bay with flat-roofed angled bay
window of 3+15+3 panes, beneath a 12-pane sash; C20 attic
window in east gable. The passageway is entred through a
moulded pointed arched C14 doorway, with ancient plank door on
strap hinges.
INTERIOR: VAG notes stop-chamfered beams and c1700 stair with
turned balusters and newel in No.3; No.5 has timber-framed
wall adjoining passageway, stop-chamfered beams and open
fireplace with segmental wooden lintel; shared C17
collar-truss roof with tenoned collars and purlins.
Reputedly the earliest secular house in Wells, but clearly
much remodelled from C17.
(Hale B: Vernacular Architecture Group Report: 1986-).
Listing NGR: ST5527946023
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 483546
- 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 14-Jun-2026 at 08:27:43.
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.