Sexton's House and Cob Wall Approximately 5 Metres East of Church of St Swithin is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. House and boundary wall.
Sexton's House and Cob Wall Approximately 5 Metres East of Church of St Swithin
- WRENN ID
- eastward-chamber-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1984
- Type
- House and boundary wall
- OS grid reference
- SS 863 010
- Coordinates
- 50.79806, -3.61442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sexton's House, currently used as a gardener's store, is located approximately 5 metres east of the Church of St Swithin. It dates from around 1800 and is constructed from volcanic rubble with a slate roof. The adjoining cob boundary wall has tile capping on rubble footings and features a pitched roof made of pantiles and corrugated asbestos. The house consists of a single room, gabled at both ends, with a stack located in the south gable. On the west side, there is an arched door to the left and a 2-light arched window with original glass, iron-casement, and leading to the right. An identical window is found in the north gable. The cob wall at the sound end forms the eastern boundary of the churchyard.
Local climate
Sexton's House and Cob Wall Approximately 5 Metres East of Church of St Swithin 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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