About the Wiveliscombe Conservation Area
The Wiveliscombe Conservation Area covers about 20 hectares and was designated by Somerset Council in 1975. Inside the boundary are 47 listed buildings (3 Grade II*, 44 Grade II). The most significant is 5 and 7, The Square, Grade II*.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- 5 and 7, The SquareGrade II*
- Church of St AndrewGrade II*
- Churchyard Cross, Church of St AndrewGrade II*
- 1, The SquareGrade II
- 10-14, Church StreetGrade II
- 10, Silver StreetGrade II
- 11, Church StreetGrade II
- 14, High StreetGrade II
- 17, Golden HillGrade II
- 17, High StreetGrade II
- 2-8, Church StreetGrade II
- 2, High StreetGrade II
- 2a, Silver StreetGrade II
- 4, High StreetGrade II
- 8, 10 and 12, High StreetGrade II
- 8, West StreetGrade II
- Archway Between Nos 8 and 9Grade II
- BerrysGrade II
- BournesGrade II
- Castle CottageGrade II
- Congregational ChurchGrade II
- Congregational Hall and SchoolGrade II
- Courthouse LodgeGrade II
- CranmersGrade II
Show all 47 listed buildings ↓All 47 listed buildings
- East Braynes West BraynesGrade II
- Gatepiers and Gate to Congregational ChapelGrade II
- London HouseGrade II
- Lyndale, Boundary Wall and Gatepiers to RoadGrade II
- Masonic HallGrade II
- Monks the NewsagentsGrade II
- National Westminster BankGrade II
- No 15 and RailingsGrade II
- No 9 and RailingsGrade II
- Nos 1 and 3 and Attached WorkshopGrade II
- Old Church Hall and School (st Andrews Church)Grade II
- Railings and Gate Piers to North Entrance of Churchyard, Church of St AndrewGrade II
- The CroftGrade II
- The DispensaryGrade II
- The Oake House the Old Court HouseGrade II
- The Town HallGrade II
- Thornes the ButchersGrade II
- Three Cottages West of Castle CottageGrade II
- Three Gatepiers and Boundary Wall to No 5, East and West Boundary Walls to No 11 and the Garden Wall to No 9Grade II
- UpingtonsGrade II
- War Memorial in St Andrew's ChurchyardGrade II
- WestwayneGrade II
- Wiveliscombe Memorial Recreation Park Obelisk and Drinking FountainGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBWiveliscombe Conservation Area AppraisalSomerset Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Somerset Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.