Dukes is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Hotel. 4 related planning applications.

Dukes

WRENN ID
old-shingle-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1973
Type
Hotel
Address
Dukes, the Esplanade, Sidmouth, EX10 8AR
OS grid reference
SY 126 872
Coordinates
50.67842, -3.23827
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dukes, formerly two houses known as the Marlborough Hotel, is a three-storey, double-fronted stucco building set back from the Esplanade. The building is now a hotel. The left-hand house (formerly No. 1) features bowed sash windows and a modillion eaves cornice. The right-hand house (formerly No. 2) has been altered, giving it a fenestration that mimics an older style. The site of Dukes incorporates the location of an ancient chapel of St Peter, which was historically attached to a Cell of Otterton Priory. Most of the chapel was demolished in 1805, although fragments of the original stonework remain visible.

Local climate

Dukes 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 — 1 transaction since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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