No 17 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. 1 related planning application.

No 17 and Area Railings

WRENN ID
eternal-balcony-rowan
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 17 and Area Railings, the Beacon, Exmouth, EX8 2AF
OS grid reference
SY 001 805
Coordinates
50.61645, -3.41254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 17, located on the north-east side of The Beacon, is a 2-storey building with a stucco facade and a slate roof, featuring modern dormers and a basement. The building has two windows, which are generally unbarred sashes, and includes jalousies. An Ionic porch with fluted columns leads to a round arched doorway that has panelled reveals and a fanlight. The steps are adorned with elaborate balustraded handrails, and there are area railings surrounding the property.

Local climate

No 17 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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