The Beacon is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Beacon
- WRENN ID
- seventh-solder-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Beacon, Sandford, EX17 4PW
- OS grid reference
- SS 796 034
- Coordinates
- 50.81762, -3.7103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beacon is a cottage that dates from the 19th century or earlier. It is constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with a rear block made of plastered rubble. The building features rubble and brick stacks and is topped with a wheat reed thatched roof. It has an L-shaped layout, with a two-room main block facing southeast and a rear block at right angles behind the left (southwest) end.
The main block has a central stair plan, with the room on the right featuring a lateral stack that projects to the rear, while the room on the left has a projecting end stack. The rear block includes an outside lateral stack. The front of the main block is symmetrical with three windows, which are large pane casements from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are thatch eyebrows over the small first-floor windows. The central door is topped with a 20th-century slated monopitch hood. Inside the rear block, there is a 19th-century small two-light mullioned casement with eight rectangular leaded panes per light on the first floor. The interior features plain carpentry details.
Local climate
The Beacon receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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