Northam House is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1972. House. 1 related planning application.

Northam House

WRENN ID
pitched-span-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 June 1972
Type
House
Address
Northam House, Fore Street, EX39 1AL
OS grid reference
SS 448 287
Coordinates
51.03717, -4.21379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Northam House is a two-storey house located on the east side of Fore Street in Northam. It dates from the 18th century or early 19th century and features a roughcast exterior. The windows are wood casements with glazing bars and distinctive "Chinese" pointed heads. Although it occupies an important position, it is partly screened by a garden wall. Northam House is part of a group with Cross House.

Local climate

Northam House 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 20 transactions since 1995
  • 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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