Numbers 15 to 19 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings to Number 19 is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Terraced houses. 9 related planning applications.
Numbers 15 to 19 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings to Number 19
- WRENN ID
- burning-groin-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Terraced houses
- Address
- Numbers 15 to 19 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings to Number 19, Athenaeum Street, City of Plymouth, PL1 2RH
- OS grid reference
- SX 475 542
- Coordinates
- 50.36789, -4.14555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 15 to 19 form a terrace of two and a half-storey houses built around 1829, likely designed by John Foulston. The buildings are constructed of stucco over probable rubble, with asbestos slate roofs (except for number 18, which has dry slate) behind stepped parapets. The houses have an overall 10-window range, composed of a half-pair on the left and two pairs, each with a symmetrical 4-window front, with the central section projecting forward. Original details include channelled rustication to the ground floor of number 15, recessed segmental-arched panels to the ground floor and sill strings across all properties. Most windows are 20th-century replacements with horns, but the basement of number 19 retains original 16-pane hornless sashes. Numbers 18 and 19 have original pilastered porches with segmental-arched pediments and moulded entablatures featuring a Greek key pattern; numbers 16 and 17 have a 20th-century porch retaining the pediment and return mouldings. The interior has not been inspected but may contain original features. In front of number 19 are forecourt walls and wrought-iron railings with arrowhead finials and stanchions topped with flaming urn finials. These elements were damaged during the Blitz. The terrace remains a good example of early 19th-century terraced house design and a component of an important planned group overlooking the Hoe.
Local climate
Numbers 15 to 19 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings to Number 19 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% 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 92% 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 — 8 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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