Beggars Roost is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Beggars Roost
- WRENN ID
- proud-stone-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Beggars Roost, Fore Street, Morchard Bishop, EX17 6NX
- OS grid reference
- SS 768 076
- Coordinates
- 50.85495, -3.75062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beggars Roost is a house, likely dating from the 18th century and refurbished in the late 19th century. It is built of plastered cob or rubble, including some brickwork, with a rubble and brick stack and a thatched roof. The house faces north-east and has an irregular three-room plan, with the left (south-east) end projecting forward. It is two storeys in height. The right-hand side of the house has tall, late 19th-century casement windows with glazing bars. The roof adjoins the neighbouring buildings at both ends. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Beggars Roost receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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