Penlee House and Netherton is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1998. Villa. 2 related planning applications.
Penlee House and Netherton
- WRENN ID
- strange-steel-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1998
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Penlee House and Netherton, 89 and 91, Molesworth Road, City of Plymouth, PL3 4EL
- OS grid reference
- SX 463 554
- Coordinates
- 50.37907, -4.16273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unequal pair of villas dating from the mid-19th century, located on the west side of Molesworth Road in Stoke, Plymouth. The villas are constructed of stucco and have dry slate hipped roofs with modillion cornices. Stuccoed lateral stacks, some paired with moulded cornices, are also present. The buildings follow a double-depth plan.
They are two storeys high and have an irregular facade. Most of the windows are original hornless sashes, or sashes from the late 19th century, with some featuring leaded glazing. The stucco detailing includes banded rustication to the ground floor and a first-floor window with a pediment resting on consoles at No. 89 (the left-hand villa). The porches both have panelled doors, with the porch of No. 89 featuring a moulded entablature and panelled pilasters, and the other porch displaying quoin rustication. The interiors have not been inspected, but are likely to be of interest. The villas relate to a group of other notable villas in the area.
Local climate
Penlee House and Netherton 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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