Numbers 1 and 2 (Beach House) is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1973. Terraced houses.
Numbers 1 and 2 (Beach House)
- WRENN ID
- high-mortar-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1973
- Type
- Terraced houses
- Address
- Numbers 1 and 2 (Beach House), the Strand, Ilfracombe
- OS grid reference
- SS 522 477
- Coordinates
- 51.20987, -4.11605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1 and 2, known as Beach House, are a pair of terraced houses located on The Strand in Ilfracombe. They are likely early 18th century structures that have undergone later alterations. The houses are rendered to mimic ashlar stone and feature slate roofs with coved eaves cornices and dormers. They rise three storeys and each has one window on the front facade.
For Number 1, there is a 20th-century door with a narrow overlight. The ground floor has a 4-pane horned sash window, while the first floor features three 20th-century windows. The second floor has three 2-pane windows. All windows are fitted with external quasi shutters.
Number 2 also has a 20th-century door with a narrow overlight. The ground floor includes a 4-pane horned sash window with an exposed frame, and the first floor has similar paired sashes. The second floor features a 3-light horizontally sliding sash window.
These houses are a prominent and important feature of the harbour and, along with the Royal Britannia Hotel and Numbers 8-12 Broad Street, form a significant group.
Local climate
Numbers 1 and 2 (Beach 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
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