The Myrtles 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.
The Myrtles
- WRENN ID
- nether-steel-clover
- 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
- The Myrtles, 4, Myrtle Street, Northam, EX39 1PH
- OS grid reference
- SS 464 303
- Coordinates
- 51.05187, -4.19257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Myrtles is an early 18th century building, believed by the owner to date from 1736. It features colourwashed stucco and has a steep slate roof with gable ends. The building is two storeys high and has three windows with 19th century architraves. The 19th century sashes do not have glazing bars, and the centre window on the first floor is blocked. There is a right-hand entrance that leads to a glazed conservatory or porch. The building has 19th and 20th century brick chimney stacks. To the left, there is an early 19th century roughcast wing with a hipped roof, also two storeys, featuring sashes and casements, along with a pilastered doorcase that has an entablature and panelled reveals. At the rear, there is an early 19th century casement window with thick glazing bars and 'bottled' panes. Inside, there is an early 19th century staircase. The Myrtles is part of a group of listed buildings on Myrtle Street.
Local climate
The Myrtles sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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 — 1 transaction since 1999
- 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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