Bennet House is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1990. House. 1 related planning application.
Bennet House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-pier-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bennet House, 53, Brownston Street, Modbury, PL21 0RQ
- OS grid reference
- SX 658 517
- Coordinates
- 50.35003, -3.88632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bennet House is a late 18th century or early 19th century house located on the east side of Brownston Street in Modbury. The building features rendered rubble returns and a slate roof with clay tile cresting. It is a three-storey house with a through passage on the left leading to a long back wing, and it has a curved corner at the lower end that returns to a narrow passageway at the back of Imdina and Home Croft.
The house has two sets of windows, all of which are 12-pane sashes, with the top floor windows being square. The ground and first floor windows are set within a plat-band, while the second floor has a similar band applied only to the jambs. On the curved end of the house, there is one 4-pane horned sash window.
The central entrance features a 6-panel door that is accessed by two stone steps and is framed by a pilaster surround with a cornice supported by consoles. The opening on the far left has a lintel with a keystone that is formed in the rendering. The house also has a plinth, a small stack on the right gable, and a larger stack on the left, which may be shared with No 52.
Local climate
Bennet House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2001
- 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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