2 and 4, Ford Park 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.
2 and 4, Ford Park
- WRENN ID
- lunar-newel-dew
- 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
- 2 and 4, Ford Park, City of Plymouth, PL4 6RP
- OS grid reference
- SX 482 558
- Coordinates
- 50.38295, -4.13532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 2 and 4 Ford Park are a pair of villas built in the 1850s to 1860s, likely designed by George Wightwick. They are made of stucco and feature a dry slate roof behind a balustraded parapet that projects over a modillion cornice. The villas are in the Italianate style and have an articulated double-depth plan.
The buildings are two storeys high with a basement and have symmetrical three-bay fronts, each with a projecting central entrance bay. The late 19th-century horned sash windows are mostly set in openings with moulded architraves. A moulded mid-floor string breaks forward to form a heavier moulded cornice over the porch entablature, which is supported by pilasters with alternating vermiculated and plain rustication. The ground-floor windows are tripartite and feature moulded hoods.
The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest. These villas are part of a well-preserved L-shaped layout of particularly lavish mid-19th-century villas, noted for their intricate Italianate stucco detail.
Local climate
2 and 4, Ford Park 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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