12 and 14, Higher Street is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. House. 3 related planning applications.
12 and 14, Higher Street
- WRENN ID
- floating-portal-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 12 and 14, Higher Street, Brixham, TQ5 8HW
- OS grid reference
- SX 923 561
- Coordinates
- 50.39564, -3.51534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of houses located on Higher Street in Lower Brixham. They were built in the early to mid-19th century. The houses have rendered (plastered) walls and slate roofs, with rendered end stacks. Each house has a double-depth plan, featuring one room at the front. The houses are two storeys high with an attic, and have a two-window front. The front doors are 20th century replacements, complete with overlights (small windows above the doors). Number 12 has 2/2-pane sash windows (meaning two panes of glass in each sash), with horizontal glazing bars. Number 14 has 1/1-pane sash windows. Mid-20th century dormers (roof extensions) have been added to the attic space. The interior has not been inspected. The houses are included on the list for their group value, meaning they contribute to the character of the surrounding area.
Local climate
12 and 14, Higher Street receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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