Premises Occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Commercial premises. 1 related planning application.

Premises Occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1973
Type
Commercial premises
Address
Premises Occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers, Fore Street, Sidmouth, EX10 8AJ
OS grid reference
SY 126 873
Coordinates
50.67884, -3.2371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th-century building, originally two houses now forming a block occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers. It is three stories high, with a stucco-faced exterior. The building features flanking and dividing panelled pilasters, and bracketed eaves to a low-pitched slate roof. There are three windows to each upper floor. The second floor windows are flush-framed sashes with intact glazing bars. The first floor has shallow bows in moulded, flush frames, also with intact glazing bars. Modern shop fronts have been added to the ground floor, but an earlier cornice has been retained. The two premises form a group.

Local climate

Premises Occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2011
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Radon risk assessment
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