74, Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. A C17 House. 7 related planning applications.
74, Fore Street
- WRENN ID
- ragged-brick-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 74, Fore Street, EX3 0HQ
- OS grid reference
- SX 965 881
- Coordinates
- 50.68384, -3.466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
74 Fore Street is a 17th-century house in Topsham, with a shop front dating to 1836. It is timber-framed, with a three-storey plastered front featuring gables and overhangs. A moulded beam is visible at second-floor level. The interior contains late 17th-century features, including a staircase, carving and panelling in the front shop, and a first-floor fireplace with original painted Dutch tiles. The house is a dominant feature of Fore Street and contributes to the group value of the listed buildings within the street.
Local climate
74, Fore Street receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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