Higher Abbey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. House.
Higher Abbey Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- woven-stone-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Higher Abbey Farmhouse, Abbey Lane, Axminster
- OS grid reference
- SY 287 972
- Coordinates
- 50.77042, -3.01192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Abbey Farmhouse is a stone rubble house dating from the 15th or 16th century, which has been significantly restored. It features a new tiled roof with gabled ends and stands two storeys high with four bays. The building has modern casements and a central porch, along with a semi-circular stair tower at the rear and brick chimney stacks at the gable ends. The side facing the road has a projecting overhang with a thatched roof.
There is a small single-storey wing at the front on the right side, and a rear wing that forms an L-shaped plan. Inside, the farmhouse has jointed cruck trusses, a plank and martin screen in the cross passage, and stepped chamfered ceiling beams. A large open fireplace is present, featuring a chamfered bressummer and chamfered stone jambs. The ceiling is made of moulded timber, although the lateral beams have been removed. There are newel stairs located at the rear.
Local climate
Higher Abbey Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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