Hermit's House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. House.
Hermit's House
- WRENN ID
- young-flint-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hermit's House, Slade Lane, Sidmouth
- OS grid reference
- SY 160 889
- Coordinates
- 50.69443, -3.18946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hermit's House, also formerly known as Hermitage, is a structure dating from 1824 located on Slade Lane in Salcombe. It features a cell with a pointed window and doorway that have been cut out of rock. The house is accessible via a footpath from Slade House, situated in the woods just south of Slade Farmhouse. Notably, a young poet once proposed to write an epic at this location.
Local climate
Hermit's House 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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