Western Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Western Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- shifting-lintel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Western Farmhouse, Chelson Lane, Sidmouth, EX10 0PR
- OS grid reference
- SY 154 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71029, -3.19926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Western Farmhouse, formerly known as Voggis Farm Cottages, is a building dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is a two-storey cob structure with a thatched roof. The first floor features four two-light casement windows, one of which has a thatched "eyebrow" above it. The ground floor has five casement windows and plain cottage doors. The building is set on a stone rubble base and is part of a hamlet in Sidbury Parish, located to the northeast of Sidmouth.
Local climate
Western Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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