The Cage is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. House.
The Cage
- WRENN ID
- still-glass-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cage, 18, Fore Street, City of Plymouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 544 556
- Coordinates
- 50.383, -4.04819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cage is a building located on Fore Street in Plympton St Maurice, reputed to have been the town lock-up and now serving as a house. It dates from the 17th or 18th century. The upper floor projects on a colonnade and is rendered on what is likely studwork, while the ground-floor wall, set back from the pavement, is rendered on probable rubble. The building features a dry slate roof with a central dormer that has a lead roof and slate-hung cheeks, along with a 12-pane, 2-light casement window. There is a tall brick stack on the right side. The building has a deep plan that includes a rear wing and stands two storeys plus an attic high, with a one-window range.
The front has a very wide 20th-century tripartite window, which includes a central 18-pane hornless sash and 8-pane casements as sidelights, all above a crudely wrought hardwood bressumer supported by a colonnade with three round granite columns that have entasis. The ground-floor front, which is set back, features a 20th-century fixed light with glazing bars on the left and a doorway on the right with a 20th-century ledged door. The interior has not been inspected but may contain features that could provide more precise dating. The covered pavement adds to the interest of this building.
Local climate
The Cage receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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