Premises Occupied by Gainsborough House Antiques is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. A Victorian Commercial premises. 5 related planning applications.

Premises Occupied by Gainsborough House Antiques

WRENN ID
haunted-pinnacle-evening
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
Period
Victorian
Address
Premises Occupied by Gainsborough House Antiques, Fore Street, Sidmouth
OS grid reference
SY 126 873
Coordinates
50.67965, -3.23718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The premises occupied by Gainsborough House Antiques is a building from 1633 located on the east side of Fore Street. It is part of an early 19th-century row and features two low storeys with a stucco facade. The roof is a low pitch gable end covered with slate, and it has bracketed eaves. On the first floor, there is one flush framed sash window with intact glazing bars. The ground floor includes a later 19th-century two-light plate glass shop window and a glazed door with a bottom panel, along with a fascia board. This building is part of a group that includes premises occupied by C E Green, a fruiterer, and H T Scratchley, an auctioneer.

Local climate

Premises Occupied by Gainsborough House Antiques 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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