Monsens Warehouse (Breton House) is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Warehouse. 6 related planning applications.
Monsens Warehouse (Breton House)
- WRENN ID
- night-balcony-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Monsens Warehouse (Breton House), Vauxhall Quay, City of Plymouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 482 542
- Coordinates
- 50.36897, -4.13451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monsens Warehouse, also known as Breton House, is an early to mid-19th century warehouse situated on Vauxhall Quay, part of Plymouth’s Barbican area. The building is constructed from Plymouth limestone rubble with segmental brick arches spanning the openings. It has a rectangular plan and a 3-storey elevation, divided into a 2:1:2 bay arrangement with a central section originally containing loading doorways and a hoist boom. The ground floor features four doorways with ledged doors. Fenestration to the first floor and above consists of 20th-century replacements. The interior has not been inspected. The building was converted into flats in the early 1970s.
Local climate
Monsens Warehouse (Breton House) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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