Number 1 High Street and Church Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1973. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
Number 1 High Street and Church Gate
- WRENN ID
- lone-rafter-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1973
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Number 1 High Street and Church Gate, Great Torrington, EX38 8HR
- OS grid reference
- SS 495 191
- Coordinates
- 50.95228, -4.14354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 1 High Street and Church Gate is a building dating from 1735, featuring elements from the 18th century and mid-19th century. It is part of a range that extends onto the churchyard, with the old Sexton's Cottage next door listed separately along with outbuildings further west.
The High Street front of the building is three stories high with four windows. The upper stories slightly overhang and are likely timber-framed, finished in modern roughcast. The Georgian flush-frame sash windows originally had glazing bars that have since been removed. The long shop front has been altered but retains a dentil cornice and a scroll signboard above.
The section facing Church Gate, which overlooks the churchyard, is a two-story mid-19th century addition with three windows. It is finished in stucco and colourwashed, featuring a wood cornice with coupled brackets. The sash windows include one splayed bay, and there is a round-headed doorway topped with a steeply pitched pedimented hood supported by enriched consoles.
All the listed buildings along High Street contribute to a cohesive group.
Local climate
Number 1 High Street and Church Gate 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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