East Manley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. A C17 Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
East Manley Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- riven-dormer-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- East Manley Farmhouse, Halberton, EX16 4NJ
- OS grid reference
- SS 991 118
- Coordinates
- 50.89742, -3.43533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
East Manley Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse, possibly incorporating earlier work. It is primarily constructed of stone, with some cob at the rear, and has a roughcast finish under a gabled slate roof adorned with crested roof tiles. Originally designed as a three-room, through-passage plan, the lower end wing has been demolished, resulting in a truncated lower end room. The current rear wing appears to date from the 19th century and has been enlarged and partially rebuilt in the late 20th century.
The farmhouse features an axial stack that heats the higher end of the hall and now also the parlour, which was originally heated by a front stack that has since been dismantled. The building is two storeys high and has a front elevation with a four-window range, featuring 2 and 3-light casement windows that look to be from the 20th century. To the left, there is a brick, slate-roofed lean-to that occupies the side of the former parlour stack, and to the right of centre, there is a brick, slate-roofed porch.
On the left-hand elevation, there are 19th-century windows at the end of the main range, which have brick arches and keystones. Inside, the hall and parlour each have two cross beams that are chamfered with double ovolo-moulding and fillet; the beam in the higher end is only moulded on one side. There are remains of chamfered jambs from a doorway between the two rooms, and chamfered lintels above both fireplaces. A three-light timber window, now located internally in the hall passage, has a chamfered surround and mullions, along with latticed leading. The chamber above the hall features a plaster ceiling with ovolo-moulded panels and a cornice decorated with fleur-de-lis, but lacks central figures. The roof space is ceiled and contains four crucks, likely all jointed, although only one is clearly identifiable.
Local climate
East Manley Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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