The Balusters is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Farm building. 3 related planning applications.
The Balusters
- WRENN ID
- moated-lintel-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1973
- Type
- Farm building
- Address
- The Balusters, Vicarage Road, Sidmouth, EX10 8UF
- OS grid reference
- SY 126 879
- Coordinates
- 50.68505, -3.23779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Balusters is a two-storey building, originally part of the farm buildings located behind the Hermitage on Vicarage Road, and embellished in the early 19th century. The exterior is stucco faced, with a half-hipped slate roof and a shallow eaves cornice. There are two flat-roofed dormers. The fenestration is symmetrical, featuring three marginal glazed casement windows. A central panelled door is present, along with a lean-to conservatory. The Balusters forms part of a group with The Hermitage and The Shrubbery.
Local climate
The Balusters 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 15 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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