2 and 3, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1973. House. 1 related planning application.
2 and 3, The Square
- WRENN ID
- secret-porch-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2 and 3, The Square, Northam, EX39 1AR
- OS grid reference
- SS 449 291
- Coordinates
- 51.04045, -4.21314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two early 19th-century buildings forming part of The Square. They are two storeys high, with a four-window arrangement. The front is rendered, with number 2 painted. The roof is covered with old, grouted slates. The buildings feature moulded cornices and eaves brackets. The sash windows have moulded architraves and cill brackets, and there is a cill band to the first floor. Shop fronts and doorways are accentuated by cornices supported on enriched consoles. The listed buildings in The Square are grouped together for their visual unity.
Local climate
2 and 3, The Square receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 90% 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.
- 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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