Lower Ashley is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2000. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Lower Ashley
- WRENN ID
- still-finial-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2000
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Ashley, Ashley Back Lane, Tiverton, EX16 5PD
- OS grid reference
- SS 948 103
- Coordinates
- 50.88285, -3.49577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Ashley is a mid-19th century estate farmhouse located on Ashley Back Lane in Tiverton. The building has a rendered exterior that replaces the original stucco and features a dry slate roof with projecting front eaves supported by brackets. It also has a central pedimented gable and verge purlins on the open-pedimented gable ends, along with brick end stacks. The farmhouse has a double-depth plan, consisting of two front reception rooms on either side of a central entrance and stair hall.
The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay front, prominently featuring a central projecting pedimented bay. There are segmental arches above the original 16-pane hornless sash windows. The central doorway is set within a gabled and pedimented porch that has similar detailing to the main roof, and it features a planked door.
Inside, the interior remains virtually unaltered and includes an open-well staircase with an open string and stick balusters.
Local climate
Lower Ashley receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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