59, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
59, West Street
- WRENN ID
- lunar-gutter-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 59, West Street, Tavistock, PL19 8JZ
- OS grid reference
- SX 478 743
- Coordinates
- 50.549, -4.14906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building at 59 West Street is a circa 1830 house built in a Neo-Classical style, characteristic of the Foulston type. It is a two-storey, three-window fronted structure. The exterior is stuccoed, with a granite plinth and steps leading to the entrance. Pilasters define the quoins and a central feature, incorporating rows of guttae. A stopped blocking course and cornice run along the top of the façade. The windows are sash windows, including a three-light window above the central doorway. The doorway has a recessed porch with square pilasters and a rectangular fanlight. Inside, the house features a good curved staircase and fluted columns within the hall. The site was previously occupied by a house known as 'Stone Posts', where John Peryn, the last Abbot of Tavistock, is believed to have lived after the Dissolution.
Local climate
59, West Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 21 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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