70 and 70a, Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Market house.
70 and 70a, Fore Street
- WRENN ID
- leaning-copper-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1974
- Type
- Market house
- OS grid reference
- SX 965 881
- Coordinates
- 50.68363, -3.46578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 70 and 70A on Fore Street in Topsham are a Grade II listed building dating back to 1791, although they have been extensively altered. Originally built as a market house, the structure features a seven-arched arcade, of which five arches remain. The building is constructed of brick and topped with slate roofs. No 70 is a two-storey building with three bays and sash windows that include glazing bars. No 70A consists of two bays and has a modern garage front inserted into the arches. To the right, there are two additional single-storey bays. The arches are detailed with impost blocks and keystones. On the Exe Street side of No 70, there is a stone sink and a pump. All the listed buildings on Fore Street are part of a group.
Local climate
70 and 70a, 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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