Glebe House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1965. House. 6 related planning applications.
Glebe House
- WRENN ID
- tangled-spandrel-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- Glebe House, Church Street, Morchard Bishop, EX17 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- SS 771 075
- Coordinates
- 50.85441, -3.74651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Glebe House is a mid-19th century house located in Morchard Bishop. Constructed from plastered cob and rubble with brick stacks and chimney shafts, it features a thatched roof. The building is arranged around a 2-room main block facing south, with crosswings projecting forward to form an overall U-shaped plan. The front of the main block contains an entrance hall and staircase. Axial stacks are positioned at each end of the main block, and lateral stacks are on the outer sides of the crosswings.
The symmetrical 3-window front has 1 window in each crosswing and 1 in the main front, all with 19th and 20th century replacement casements featuring glazing bars. A 6-panel door is situated to the left of the main block, sheltered by a red-tiled, monopitch-roofed porch. An original cast iron rainwater head and drain pipe are located at the corner of the right crosswing. The main roof is higher than the wings and is half-hipped at each end to the ridge of the crosswings. The crosswings have gable ends facing both front and rear. Tall chimney shafts are visible on each side. On the exterior of each crosswing, brickwork of the flues is exposed, arching over a small round-headed window with Gothick glazing bars. Diamond panes at the right (east) end have been releaded.
The rear elevation, facing the garden, has a regular 4-window front, with the main block projecting forward from the crosswings. The windows here are a mix of late 19th and 20th century casements and include a 12-pane sash window. The windows in the rear elevation are larger than those on the front.
The interior retains much original joinery and plasterwork. The roof structure of the main block is mid-19th century and includes king post trusses. Glebe House is an unusually large house built in the cottage ornée style.
Local climate
Glebe House receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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