70 and 72, Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1972. Shop. 5 related planning applications.
70 and 72, Fore Street
- WRENN ID
- dusted-basalt-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1972
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 70 and 72, Fore Street, Kingsbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 734 444
- Coordinates
- 50.28616, -3.77805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
70 and 72 Fore Street is a building that likely dates from the 18th century and has been altered. It is three stories high and rendered, featuring two flush frame sash windows on the upper floors. The ground floor has 19th-century wood shop fronts, with one entrance set at an angle on the left side. The building has a wide eaves soffit. It is part of a group that includes Nos 42 to 84 (even), No 92, and The Shambles.
Local climate
70 and 72, Fore Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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