Higher Yartyford is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. House.

Higher Yartyford

WRENN ID
dreaming-pillar-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
House
Address
Higher Yartyford, Yartyford Lane, Membury
OS grid reference
ST 257 049
Coordinates
50.83901, -3.05581
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Higher Yartyford is a house dating from around the 16th century, constructed from stone rubble. It features a modern concrete tile roof with gabled and half-hipped ends. The building has two storeys and a four-window range, with modern metal-frame casements that include glazing bars. There is a central doorway leading to a cross passage, which has a modern plank door. A central ridge chimney stack made of ashlar has a crenellated moulded cap.

Inside, there is a plank and muntin screen in the cross passage with a cambered arch doorway, and a similar screen at the upper end. The house may have originally been a hall that had an inserted floor, featuring chamfered ceiling beams and a fireplace with a cambered bressummer and stone jambs, along with newel stairs. It is noted that the roof is said to be modern.

Local climate

Higher Yartyford 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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