42, South Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1986. House.

42, South Street

WRENN ID
burning-corbel-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1986
Type
House
Address
42, South Street, South Molton
OS grid reference
SS 713 255
Coordinates
51.01463, -3.8352
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 42 on South Street in South Molton is a building likely constructed in 1880, as indicated by the ironwork on the garden gate, which features the date and the initials 'J C'. The building is two storeys high and has a rendered exterior with a slate roof adorned with decorative ridge tiles.

On the east side, there are two sash windows without glazing bars, each protected by wide cast iron flower guards. The south elevation includes one sash window and a three-light bay window that extends through both floors. The gable displays fretted bargeboards featuring an unusual vine motif, which is also seen on No 32 South Street.

Local climate

42, South Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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