Number 78 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1973. A Georgian Terraced house.
Number 78 and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- sombre-mullion-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1973
- Type
- Terraced house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Number 78 and Attached Railings, Fore Street, Ilfracombe
- OS grid reference
- SS 522 477
- Coordinates
- 51.20982, -4.11671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 78 is a terraced house located on Fore Street in Ilfracombe, likely built in the 18th century and altered over time. The exterior is rendered and features a steep slate mansard roof with full-size sash ormers. The house has two storeys and an attic, with two windows on the front. There is a projecting porch with steps leading down to two entrances, and a sliding casement window to the left. The first floor has two 2-light sash windows. Attached to the property are plain cast-iron railings. The interior has not been inspected. This building is part of a group of listed buildings along Fore Street.
Local climate
Number 78 and Attached Railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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