George Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1951. Hotel. 4 related planning applications.
George Hotel
- WRENN ID
- broken-lead-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1951
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- George Hotel, 1, Broad Street, South Molton, EX36 3AB
- OS grid reference
- SS 714 258
- Coordinates
- 51.01767, -3.83393
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The George Hotel, located on Broad Street in South Molton, dates from the 1730s, replacing an earlier inn on the same site. The present building is constructed of painted brick, with a slate roof and a moulded eaves cornice. Full-height pilasters run along the façade. The building has three storeys and five sash windows, each featuring a grotesque mask as a keystone, these masks originating from Stowe, a demolished Charles II mansion in Cornwall. A porch with a cambered arch and keystone provides access. A two-storey dining room addition from the early 19th century is set back, built above an original carriage entrance. Inside, there is an 18th-century "Chinoiserie" fretted staircase. The dining room was used as a theatre in the 19th century. Notable visitors included the Reverend Jack Russell, known for his association with the Jack Russell terrier breed. The hotel is referenced in R.D. Blackmore’s novel, Lorna Doone.
Local climate
George Hotel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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