49 AND 49A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1952. Merchant's house. 2 related planning applications.
49 AND 49A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- over-step-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1952
- Type
- Merchant's house
- Address
- 49 AND 49A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information), Totnes, TQ9 5NP
- OS grid reference
- SX 800 604
- Coordinates
- 50.43174, -3.68957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 16th or 17th century merchant's house of a "deux corps de batiments" type, though significantly altered over time. It comprises two main sections. The rear kitchen block, now separately addressed as 49A, retains more of its original character, while the front portion was heavily refronted in the earlier 19th century. The building is three storeys high and has two windows on the front elevation. It has a Welsh slate roof with old masonry stacks. The front is timber-framed and slate-hung, featuring a dentil eaves cornice. Paired architraved sash windows with glazing bars are present. A ground floor loggia, supported by granite Tuscan columns, extends over the pavement. An entrance to a side passage is framed with reeded details and includes a raised and fielded panel door. A modern shopfront now occupies the ground floor.
Local climate
49 AND 49A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information) 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 — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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