Bellhangers is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Bellhangers
- WRENN ID
- tired-forge-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bellhangers, Church Road, Lympstone, EX8 5JU
- OS grid reference
- SX 992 842
- Coordinates
- 50.64898, -3.42637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bellhangers is a 17th-century end cottage, originally part of a row of three properties on Church Road in Lympstone. The building is constructed with plastered cob walls on stone footings and has a gabled slate roof. In the 19th century, the cottage to the left of Bellhangers was converted into a shop, both sections originally single-cell structures with rear wings added to the shop. A stack with brick shafts is located at the end of the building.
The front of the building has a 2-window arrangement. A 6:12:6 pane oriel window is on the left, with a horizontally sliding sash; a 18-pane horizontally sliding sash window is on the right. Below the oriel is a 24-pane bow window with a moulded cornice, representing the former shop window. To the right of the two front doors is a 16-pane horizontally sliding sash window. The rear wing features two small casement windows on its left-hand elevation.
Inside, a ceiling beam is visible, featuring a chamfered edge with hollow step stops. The roof retains two trusses, with collars halved and purlins back on to principals; the apex is not visible, and the timbers are clean. Bellhangers, together with the adjacent cottages, forms an important group of buildings close to the parish church.
Local climate
Bellhangers receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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