Numbers 52 to 64 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. A Georgian Terrace of houses. 12 related planning applications.

Numbers 52 to 64 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings

WRENN ID
empty-brick-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1954
Type
Terrace of houses
Period
Georgian
Address
Numbers 52 to 64 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings, Durnford Street, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 463 540
Coordinates
50.36606, -4.16205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a planned terrace of houses, likely dating from the very early 19th century, with some 20th-century alterations. The buildings are constructed of stucco and render, with dry slate or asbestos slate roofs. Number 56 has a later mansard roof, while the others have hipped dormers. Deep-plan brick end stacks are also present. The design includes a double-depth plan with service wings at the rear.

The exterior presents three storeys plus an attic over a basement. Each house typically features a three-window front, though number 58 has a tripartite sash window with pilasters and a cornice to the first floor. Number 62 (the second from the left) retains original hornless sashes with glazing bars, while the remaining windows appear to be later replacements with horns. Numbers 54, 56, and 62 have pilastered doorways with open pediments and fluted friezes; number 58 has pilasters, an entablature, and a large overlight. All have panelled reveals and doors. The left-hand return of number 64 features a two-storey, three-bay timber and glass porch, built on a Plymouth limestone plinth with masonry brought to course. This porch incorporates Ionic pilasters and a central pediment to the ground floor, panelled pilasters above, panelled aprons, and a moulded entablature. It also has transomed two-light windows.

The interior was not inspected, but may contain original features of interest.

Subsidiary features include low plinths on the basement walls, surmounted by wrought-iron railings with urn finials. The terrace is part of a planned late Georgian street layout that dates back to 1773. Numbers 52 and 56 to 64 were originally listed on May 1, 1975.

Local climate

Numbers 52 to 64 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 20 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 12 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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