4 and 5, The Plains is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. Commercial. 1 related planning application.
4 and 5, The Plains
- WRENN ID
- veiled-ashlar-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 4 and 5, The Plains, Totnes, TQ9 5DW
- OS grid reference
- SX 805 603
- Coordinates
- 50.43041, -3.68332
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 4 and 5, The Plains, are late 18th-century buildings that have been altered. They are three storeys high with dormers and have a Welsh slate roof. No. 4 has a pebbledash finish to the front, while No. 5 has a plaster front. Both buildings feature a dentil cornice with paterae in the frieze and have parapets. No. 5 also has a hipped, modern dormer and three windows to the second floor. Most of the recessed sash windows have glazing bars. No. 4 has a modern shopfront, while No. 5 has a modern projecting café front. No. 4 was rebuilt after a fire. No. 4 originally had a round-arched doorway with a console-bracketed cornice, a fanlight, and a panelled door, but this has been replaced by a modern shopfront. These buildings are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
4 and 5, The Plains 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 — 1 application
- 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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