Wadbrook is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Wadbrook
- WRENN ID
- young-spindle-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wadbrook, Wadbrook Cross, Hawkchurch, EX13 7AS
- OS grid reference
- ST 324 018
- Coordinates
- 50.81196, -2.95993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wadbroke is a farmhouse that likely dates from the early 16th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a thatched roof with half hipped ends. The building is two storeys tall and has an L-shaped plan, with a lower one-storey and attic wing on the right (northeast). The facade has a long range of three to four windows, which are casement windows with 20th-century artificial stone frames. To the left of the centre, there is a plank door with a 20th-century thatched roof open porch. The farmhouse has ridge chimney stacks, with the left stack made of ashlar and featuring a moulded cap, while the right stack is brick. The building is positioned at right angles to the road.
Inside, there is a truss that is partly concealed, likely of the jointed cruck type, in the main range. There may be an inserted floor with a moulded timber ceiling and possibly an inserted chimney that includes a large open fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a chamfered timber bressummer. The interior also features a cross passage with a plank and muntin screen and stopped chamfer ceiling beams. The northeast wing contains jointed cruck trusses.
Local climate
Wadbrook 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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