The Shambles is a Grade II* listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1949. Market arcade. 3 related planning applications.
The Shambles
- WRENN ID
- deep-gateway-weasel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1949
- Type
- Market arcade
- Address
- The Shambles, Fore Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PU
- OS grid reference
- SX 734 443
- Coordinates
- 50.28592, -3.77799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shambles, also known as Market Arcade, is a 18th-century building located on Fore Street. It features a rebuilt first floor that extends over the pavement, supported by granite piers, five of which date back to 1586 from a former market on the site. The current arcade consists of seven bays, with three additional granite piers. The rear wall is made of narrow coursed stonework and stands a few feet away from St Edmund's Church. The building has a slate roof with end gables and a flat pitch. The upper storey contains five 2-light flush frame sash windows with mostly intact glazing bars, and the interior is plaster lined and painted. Behind the arcade, there are narrow shops, and a staircase at the south end leads to offices on the first floor. The Shambles, along with Nos 42 to 84 (even) and No 92, forms a group.
Local climate
The Shambles receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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- 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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