Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1951. Town hall. 4 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- leaning-zinc-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1951
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, High Street, Great Torrington, EX38 8HN
- OS grid reference
- SS 495 191
- Coordinates
- 50.95198, -4.14305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall, built in 1861, is a Grade II listed building located on the east side of High Street. It is designed in a classical style, featuring a rusticated stone lower storey and red brick with stone dressings above. The building has a three-window pedimented central projection that extends over the pavement, supported by round arches, with a cartouche displaying the date in the tympanum. The sash windows are adorned with stone architraves and cill brackets, some topped with pediments or cornices. A stone ogee bracket main cornice adds to the architectural detail. The front part of the ground floor is open and supported by stone piers and arches. Inside, the Town Hall contains notable portraits, and the Council Chamber features panelling from the old Plough Inn. The Town Hall is part of a group of listed buildings along High Street.
Local climate
Town Hall 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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