Castle House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. House. 7 related planning applications.
Castle House
- WRENN ID
- burning-floor-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Castle House, Hillsborough Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 9NW
- OS grid reference
- SS 522 476
- Coordinates
- 51.20872, -4.11603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle House is a detached house located on a hill, with its main facade overlooking the harbour. It was built in the early 19th century and features a stucco exterior with slate-hanging on the southern road facade, the north facade of the western extension, and its west elevation. The house has slated roofs that are hipped at the east end.
The main facade has two storeys, while the road facade has one storey due to the rise in the ground. It consists of three canted bays, with the center bay being larger and flanked by single bays. Most of the openings are pointed, and some windows have traceried panes. The extension features casement windows on the ground floor and 2-pane sash windows on the first floor. The eastern facade includes a 3-light bay with 2-pane sashes and a 3-light canted bay with 18-pane sashes at the first floor level. The single-storey road facade has irregular fenestration, with three sashes, two casements, and one pointed Gothick window with leaded panes.
Although the interior has not been inspected, Castle House is a notable feature on the hillside as viewed from the harbour and may be situated on the site of a fort known as Ilfracombe Castle, which was used during the Civil War.
Local climate
Castle House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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