Ithaca is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
Ithaca
- WRENN ID
- errant-rampart-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ithaca, 29, Quay Street, Minehead, TA24 5UL
- OS grid reference
- SS 971 468
- Coordinates
- 51.21194, -3.47397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating from the mid-18th century, located on Quay Street in Minehead. It is constructed of painted rendered rubble stone with a thatched roof that connects to the adjacent buildings at numbers 31 and 33. A large stone chimney is situated on the left party wall, shared with number 27. The house has a single-unit plan and three storeys, featuring a single window on each floor. A 20th-century door is located to the right, sheltered by an 18th-century hood. The windows are 20th-century three-light casements, with the second-floor window positioned at eaves level. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Ithaca sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 3 transactions since 2009
- 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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