55 and 56, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1977. House.
55 and 56, West Street
- WRENN ID
- swift-mullion-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- 55 and 56, West Street, Tavistock
- OS grid reference
- SX 478 743
- Coordinates
- 50.54879, -4.14922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 55 and 56 on West Street are an early 19th-century pair of buildings that stand three storeys tall. The upper floors are covered in slate hung in an unusual pattern of large and small vertical courses, while the ground floor is finished in stucco. The buildings have a slate roof and feature two sash windows that retain their glazing bars, along with two simple doors. They are noted for their distinctive slate hanging.
Local climate
55 and 56, 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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