Forecourt Walls Adjoining to South of Elliots Farmhouse Including Gate Piers and Pavilion is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Forecourt walls, pavilion.

Forecourt Walls Adjoining to South of Elliots Farmhouse Including Gate Piers and Pavilion

WRENN ID
tangled-keep-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 May 1987
Type
Forecourt walls, pavilion
OS grid reference
SY 076 912
Coordinates
50.71371, -3.30998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt walls, gate piers, and pavilion date from around 1700, with some repairs made around 1830 and 1940. The gates are also from approximately 1830. The walls are made of brick with flint coping and limestone caps on the piers, while the gates are wrought iron. The pavilion features brick walls and a stack, topped with a concrete tile roof that was originally thatch.

The front garden to the south of Elliots Farmhouse is enclosed by Flemish bond brick walls. The garden is terraced, and the side walls slope down to follow the terraces. On the top terrace, closest to the farmhouse, each side wall has a gateway flanked by square-section piers with moulded caps and balls on top. Similar piers are located at each front corner, and the front gateway features piers topped with large pineapple caps, containing the circa 1830 gates with spear-headed rails.

On the right (eastern) side wall, there is a small square pavilion facing into the garden. Its brickwork is in Flemish bond with some burnt headers, and it has a pyramid roof. A stack is located on the rear left corner, serving a small room above a brick-vaulted basement. Brick steps lead up to the front over a low segmental arch to the basement. The front has a 19th-century four-panel door with a tall overlight featuring glazing bars, and all openings have a low segmental arch above. On the south side, there is a replacement mullion-and-transom window with glazing bars, and a blind window is present at the rear. Similar forecourt walls and a pavilion can be found at nearby Venn Ottery Barton.

Local climate

Forecourt Walls Adjoining to South of Elliots Farmhouse Including Gate Piers and Pavilion receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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