Myrtle House is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1949. House. 3 related planning applications.
Myrtle House
- WRENN ID
- hushed-dormer-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Myrtle House, 49a, Fore Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PG
- OS grid reference
- SX 734 443
- Coordinates
- 50.2852, -3.77729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Myrtle House is a building located at 1276 Fore Street, with its west portion dating from the 17th century and the east portion from the 18th century. It is situated at the end of a court off Fore Street. The west side is constructed of stone and is believed to have been a school. It features a three-bay arcade on the ground floor, is two stories high, has a coved eaves cornice, and includes first-floor two-light mullion transom windows. The first-floor room has a barrel ceiling. The east side, from the 18th century, is three stories tall and has three windows at right angles. It is built of local stone and has sash windows with red brick cambered heads and only center glazing bars. Myrtle House is part of a group that includes the Anchor Hotel and Nos 7 to 51 (odd) and the Evangelical Church.
Local climate
Myrtle House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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