Lower Yartyford is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. Farm house.

Lower Yartyford

WRENN ID
fossil-rafter-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1967
Type
Farm house
Address
Lower Yartyford, Yartyford Lane, Membury
OS grid reference
ST 256 051
Coordinates
50.84067, -3.05707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Yartyford is a farmhouse dating from the early 16th century. It is constructed from plastered stone rubble and features a thatched roof with half-hipped and gabled ends. The house has two storeys and a long facade with five windows. The windows are wood mullion casements with glazing bars, some of which have leaded panes and are framed by plastered rusticated surrounds. There is a panelled and glazed door to the left of the centre, which is sheltered by a 19th-century gabled porch. The building has stone rubble and brick chimney stacks at the ends and along the ridge.

At the rear (northwest) is a wing from the 17th century, creating an L-shaped plan. Inside, the house features jointed cruck trusses and a cross passage with a plank and muntin screen. There is a large open fireplace with a massive timber bressummer that extends over a round arched doorway to the side. Another open fireplace has a chamfered bressummer and stone jambs, and the ceilings are supported by stopped chamfered beams.

Local climate

Lower 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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