3 and 4, Broad Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1978. Shop, accommodation. 2 related planning applications.
3 and 4, Broad Street
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1978
- Type
- Shop, accommodation
- Address
- 3 and 4, Broad Street, Ilfracombe, EX34 9EE
- OS grid reference
- SS 523 478
- Coordinates
- 51.21032, -4.11589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
3 and 4 Broad Street is a pair of shops with accommodation above, dating from the mid-19th century. The buildings are finished in stucco with quoins at the upper floor corners and feature timber shopfronts.
The exterior consists of two storeys, with No. 4 also having an attic storey. No. 3 has two windows, while No. 4 also has two windows. Channelled stucco pilasters with acanthus capitals support scrolled fascia brackets with palmette stops that flank the shopfronts. No. 3 has a panelled house door with an overlight, plate glass shop windows, and a central recessed entrance with glazed double doors and an overlight. A fascia board with a moulded cornice extends above the house door. No. 4 features a plate glass shop window and a part-glazed entrance door to the right, along with a similar fascia board and cornice.
The first floors of both shops have eared architrave 2-pane sash windows with moulded sills on shaped brackets. No. 3 retains original cast-iron window guards, a dentil cornice, and a blocking course behind which is a 20th-century dormer. No. 4 continues the cornice and has a pedimented attic storey above, featuring a central sash window flanked by two smaller half-sashes.
Inside, No. 4 is believed to retain a good late 19th-century shop interior with carved wood panels, mirrors, and a stained glass window. No. 3 had a similar interior until around 1973 but is now plain. The Royal Britannia, Nos 3 and 4, along with Nos 8-12, form a group with Nos 1 and 2 The Strand.
Local climate
3 and 4, Broad 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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