Horwill Down is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Horwill Down
- WRENN ID
- nether-gutter-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Horwill Down, Langford Road, Newton St. Cyres, EX5 5AG
- OS grid reference
- SX 901 970
- Coordinates
- 50.7624, -3.5591
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Horwill Down is a farmhouse built around 1830-1840, constructed from stuccoed brick with exposed brick stacks on each side, topped by a Welsh-slate roof. This late Regency style house features a central stair hall and a four-room, double depth plan, arranged over two storeys. The symmetrical front has five windows, all of which are 12-light sashes with glazing bars. It is adorned with rusticated quoins and scored ashlarwork. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door flanked by rectangular fan and side-lights, and is sheltered by a contemporary wooden porch. This porch has a tented lead roof supported by a simple wooden crown, a shaped valance, panelled and glazed sides, and slender shafts around an iron post at the corners. The roof is hipped on both sides, with projecting eaves supported by shaped brackets. The original iron gutter features lion's head joints. Inside, the farmhouse retains its original open string stair with stick balusters and a curtail step, along with other contemporary fittings.
Local climate
Horwill Down receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 2 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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