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. House.

Premises Occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers

WRENN ID
haunted-lintel-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1973
Type
House
Address
Premises Occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers, Fore Street, Sidmouth
OS grid reference
SY 126 873
Coordinates
50.67892, -3.23711
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The premises occupied by Knight and Sons Drapers, previously known as the Old Coffee Tavern, is an early 19th-century stucco house located on the east side of Fore Street. This building forms a corner block where the street narrows and features a hipped gable roof covered with slate. It has two storeys and an attic.

On the first floor, facing Fore Street, there is a wide French window, while the west front has one sash window in a moulded flush frame. The ground floor consists of a shop with windows on both fronts, and the entrance is set across the angle of the building. The original frieze and cornice are still present, adding to its architectural character.

The two premises occupied by Knight and Sons are part of a group of buildings.

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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