56 and 56a, Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1973. House. 1 related planning application.
56 and 56a, Fore Street
- WRENN ID
- sheer-plinth-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 56 and 56a, Fore Street, Ilfracombe, EX34 9DJ
- OS grid reference
- SS 520 477
- Coordinates
- 51.20956, -4.11883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
56 and 56A Fore Street is a terraced house dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features a stucco exterior and a tiled hipped roof. The building has three storeys and two windows. On the left side, there is a prominent wide doorway recess with panelled reveals and soffit, leading to a six-fielded panelled door and sidelights. On the right, No. 56A has a 19th-century shopfront that includes a part-glazed door with two recessed panels, a window with a fascia board, a box cornice, and a moulded sill. The first and second floors have recessed 12-pane hornless sash windows, while the third floor has blind windows. The interior has not been inspected. All the listed buildings on Fore Street are part of a group.
Local climate
56 and 56a, Fore Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- 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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