Ford House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. A C17 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Ford House
- WRENN ID
- idle-spire-thistle
- 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
- Ford House, Stockland, EX14 9EH
- OS grid reference
- ST 240 031
- Coordinates
- 50.82245, -3.07997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ford House is a 17th-century farmhouse that was formerly known as Ford Farm House. It is constructed from colourwashed stone rubble, with some parts rendered, and features a thatched roof with both hipped and gabled ends. The building has two storeys and a long five-window range arranged in a slightly angular plan. The windows are modern casements with leaded panes. There is a central doorway that includes a modern panelled door and a thatched porch. The farmhouse has brick chimney stacks at each end. Inside, there is an open fireplace at the west end, which has a massive chamfered bressumer and stone jambs, along with chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
Ford House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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