No 21, Handrail and Area Railings is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1949. House. 3 related planning applications.
No 21, Handrail and Area Railings
- WRENN ID
- vast-chamber-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- No 21, Handrail and Area Railings, the Beacon, Exmouth, EX8 2AF
- OS grid reference
- SY 001 805
- Coordinates
- 50.61616, -3.41226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early 20th century building has a facade of red brick with a slate roof. It has two windows, three storeys and a basement, with a gabled dormer on one side and a Flemish gable with stone dressings to the other. The Flemish gable contains a fourth-storey window, which is a three-light sash with a roundel above. The brick facade features moulded bands above the first floor and below the gable, where the band is carried around below the blocking course of the three-storey bay window. Wide, bracketed sills are located below the first-floor windows. A round-arched door is topped with a radial fanlight, stucco key, and a brick pediment. The building is distinguished by an elaborate iron handrail to the steps and area railings. The rear elevation retains slate-hung bow features and a round-arched staircase window. The building is included on the list for its contribution to group value.
Local climate
No 21, Handrail and Area Railings receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- 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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