5 and 6, Nelson Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1998. A C19 Villas. 4 related planning applications.
5 and 6, Nelson Gardens
- WRENN ID
- stark-cornice-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1998
- Type
- Villas
- Address
- 5 and 6, Nelson Gardens, City of Plymouth, PL1 5RH
- OS grid reference
- SX 460 553
- Coordinates
- 50.37763, -4.16701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of villas located within a planned group in Nelson Gardens, Stoke, Plymouth, dating from the 1860s. The villas are constructed of stucco with stucco detailing, featuring a dry slate mansard roof supported by a bracketed entablature. There are eight pedimented dormers and stuccoed end stacks with a moulded entablature.
The design follows a double-depth plan and exhibits a symmetrical facade with a 1:1:2:2:1:1 window arrangement. The windows are horned sashes within moulded architraves. A prominent feature is the large tripartite stair windows with a central opening and broken pediments resting on consoles, positioned on either side of the main facade.
Two-window-range porches include parapets with a moulded entablature and distyle pedimented doorways supported by Tuscan columns. These doorways are flanked by inner keyed architraves, overlights, and panelled doors. The rear elevation mirrors the front with similar roof and eaves details, alongside full-height canted bays at each end, above which are smaller canted dormers behind balustrades.
The interior has not been inspected, but is likely to possess architectural interest. The villas form part of a distinctive planned group of semi-detached villas.
Local climate
5 and 6, Nelson Gardens 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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- Sale history — 13 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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