Outbuilding to Rear of No 39 (Former Kitchen Block) is a Grade II* listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1981. A C16 Outbuilding.

Outbuilding to Rear of No 39 (Former Kitchen Block)

WRENN ID
veiled-flagstone-grove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1981
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Outbuilding to Rear of No 39 (Former Kitchen Block), High Street, Totnes
OS grid reference
SX 801 604
Coordinates
50.43194, -3.68917
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is an outbuilding located at the rear of No 39 on High Street, originally serving as a kitchen block. It dates from the 16th century or early 17th century and is constructed of coursed rubble with a slated roof. The building is two storeys high and features an important plaster ceiling with a geometric pattern, which is divided into strips by chamfered beams.

Local climate

Outbuilding to Rear of No 39 (Former Kitchen Block) receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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