Lower Holcombe is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Farmhouse.

Lower Holcombe

WRENN ID
weathered-groin-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Holcombe, Holcombe Lane, Uplyme
OS grid reference
SY 316 930
Coordinates
50.73322, -2.96968
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Holcombe is a farmhouse dating from the 18th century, constructed of stone rubble with a slate hipped roof. The building is two storeys high and features three bays. It has sash windows with glazing bars and a central doorway that is sheltered by a modern porch. Brick chimney stacks are located over the end walls. At the rear, there is a large stone rubble hipped roof wing that creates an L-shaped plan. The house is positioned at right angles to the road.

Local climate

Lower Holcombe receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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