The Lamb is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. Almshouse. 4 related planning applications.
The Lamb
- WRENN ID
- scarred-chimney-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Lamb, 17, Cistern Street, Totnes, TQ9 5SP
- OS grid reference
- SX 799 602
- Coordinates
- 50.43, -3.69173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lamb is a circa 1781 building, formerly the Lamb Almshouses, which continued in that use until the 1830s. It is three storeys high with a three-window front. The roof is covered in Welsh slate. The walls are rendered, and the building has rendered stacks. It has recessed sash windows with glazing bars, with the ground floor windows framed by architraves. A wide, segmental arched doorway is centrally placed and features a keystone.
Local climate
The Lamb 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1999
- 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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