Alma House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1969. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.
Alma House
- WRENN ID
- standing-string-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1969
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Alma House, Beacon Hill, Exmouth, EX8 1PB
- OS grid reference
- SY 000 807
- Coordinates
- 50.61783, -3.41381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alma House is an early 19th century building with a stucco facade featuring side pilasters which extend the full height of the building. It has an eaves band and cornice, and the roof is not visible. The building is two storeys high with dormers. There are three windows, which are unbarred sashes with sliding jalousies. A Tuscan porch provides access to the front door, which has panelled reveals and a plain rectangular fanlight. The building is of group value.
Local climate
Alma House 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 — 8 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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