No 53 (Crazy Kates) and No 54 is a Grade II* listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. Cottage.
No 53 (Crazy Kates) and No 54
- WRENN ID
- twisted-mantel-khaki
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1958
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- No 53 (Crazy Kates) and No 54, Clovelly
- OS grid reference
- SS 318 248
- Coordinates
- 50.99856, -4.39788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 53 (Crazy Kates) and No. 54 are a pair of attached cottages located on the foreshore of the harbour in Clovelly. They likely date from the 18th century and are constructed of coursed rubble with large blocks at ground level. The cottages have a slated roof with gable ends and two skylights, along with end brick stacks.
The buildings are two storeys high and feature a 2:3 window arrangement, with one and two-light casements that have small panes and glazing bars. There is a continuous balcony at the first floor level, supported by raking supports, which has a wooden balustrade and a lean-to slate roof. Two door openings lead onto this balcony, both featuring half-glazed doors, and there is also a further blocked door opening at ground floor level. All windows and doors are from the 19th century. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
No 53 (Crazy Kates) and No 54 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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