Fordwater is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. House.
Fordwater
- WRENN ID
- grim-portal-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fordwater, Chardstock
- OS grid reference
- ST 316 024
- Coordinates
- 50.81732, -2.97166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fordwater is a house dating from the 16th century, constructed of roughcast stone rubble. It features a thatched roof with half-hipped gable ends that are topped with stone coping. The building has two storeys and a long range of four windows. The windows are 19th-century moulded wood mullion and transom types. There is a glazed door located off centre to the right, which is sheltered by a thatched porch. The house has rendered chimney stacks at both ends and on the ridge. At the rear, there is a short central wing that also has a hipped thatched roof. Inside, the house boasts jointed cruck trusses. There is a stone rubble outbuilding attached to the front left side of the house, which is flat-roofed and is said to contain jointed cruck trusses as well.
Local climate
Fordwater receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% 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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