13, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1988. Shop. 3 related planning applications.

13, High Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1988
Type
Shop
Address
13, High Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1BG
OS grid reference
SS 558 331
Coordinates
51.0795, -4.05946
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

No. 13 High Street is a shop built in the late 19th century, likely designed by W.C. Oliver of Barnstaple. The building features a limestone front with bands of brown stone, and decorative details in marble and terracotta. The top storey is constructed of red and cream brick with a wooden structure in front. It has a leaded roof and a chimney made of red and cream brick, topped with a crenellated stone cap on the right-hand side wall.

The building stands four storeys high and has a four-window range, with two side windows facing Church Lane. The ground storey has a late 20th-century shop front. The second storey features a continuous row of stone mullioned windows, each with two transom lights above that contain coloured glass. A carved string course runs at the first-floor level. The third storey also has a continuous row of windows with carved segmental arches, which spring from marble columns resting on a continued moulded cill; limestone columns are used for the windows facing Church Lane. The windows are fitted with sashes that have margin and transom panes of coloured glass.

The fronts of the building are flanked by giant pilasters with bands of brown stone. At the top of each pilaster, there is a pair of consoles that support a section of entablature topped with a round-headed finial. A cornice runs between the pilasters, supported by moulded brackets. The fourth storey features a canted bay window set back behind a balustraded wooden gallery, which has moulded columns supporting a deep entablature that includes a panelled frieze and a triangular pediment over the centre. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

13, High Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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