78 and 79 is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. House, shop.
78 and 79
- WRENN ID
- odd-bracket-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1958
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 78 and 79, Clovelly
- OS grid reference
- SS 317 248
- Coordinates
- 50.99816, -4.39877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 78 and 79 are a house and shop, likely from the 19th century, but significantly rebuilt in the early 20th century by Christine Hamlyn. The building is rendered and whitewashed, featuring a sham timber-framing design on the gable end that faces the road. It has a slate roof on the gable ends and two central squat brick ridge stacks. The structure is rectangular in plan and has three storeys. The roadside front includes a simple late 19th or early 20th century shopfront on the ground floor, with large single-pane casements flanking a 19th century six-panelled door. The gable wall above is blank except for the false timber-framing. The most interesting aspect is the side facing the sea, which also has three storeys and features three sets of windows arranged in a 3:1 pattern, with two and three-light 19th century casements that have small rectangular panes. Two window openings are blocked, but their reveals and openings are still visible. The elevations facing the hillside include two slated lean-tos. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
78 and 79 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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