Shell House Approximately 175 Metres East of Tapeley Park House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Shell house.

Shell House Approximately 175 Metres East of Tapeley Park House

WRENN ID
spare-pier-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1986
Type
Shell house
OS grid reference
SS 479 290
Coordinates
51.04068, -4.17061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shell House is located approximately 175 metres east of Tapeley Park House and is likely from the early 19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with brick dressings and features a monopitch slate roof. The building has a circular shape with a straight rear wall. There are two pointed arched doorways with brick arches, which flank two diamond-shaped windows that also have brick surrounds. Inside, the walls are lined with calcified limestone and shells, and the ceiling showcases stalactite features tipped with conches. The floor is patterned with pitched stone, and there are benches around the sides.

Local climate

Shell House Approximately 175 Metres East of Tapeley Park House receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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