Straitgate Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1974. A C17 Farmhouse.

Straitgate Farmhouse

WRENN ID
waiting-floor-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1974
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Straitgate Farmhouse, Exeter Road, Ottery St. Mary
OS grid reference
SY 069 955
Coordinates
50.75194, -3.32009
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Straitgate Farmhouse is a 17th and 18th century building that has been altered and is now divided into two dwellings. The structure is made of cob with a brick-faced east end and features a half hipped thatch roof. It has five first-floor casement windows, one of which is a semi-dormer, and the windows have been renewed. At the rear, there is a projecting wing with a room above and a door below that leads into a passage running through the center of the house. A small wooden gabled porch with a slate roof adds to its charm. An attractive avenue of trees, mostly beeches, leads up to the house.

Inside, the 17th century eastern part of the farmhouse boasts massive hewn chamfered beams and a wide fireplace with a stop chamfered beam. The 18th century western part features cased beams and windows with wood panelled reveals. A six-panel rear door has replaced the former door, which had strap hinges on lugs.

Local climate

Straitgate Farmhouse 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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