Whiddon Park House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. House. 8 related planning applications.

Whiddon Park House

WRENN ID
quiet-slate-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1986
Type
House
Address
Whiddon Park House, Barnstaple, EX32 9LA
OS grid reference
SS 576 316
Coordinates
51.06667, -4.03318
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whiddon Park House is a house that has been divided into two occupations. It was originally built in the 17th century and remodeled in the late 18th century, with extensions added in the 20th century. The building is constructed of stone and cob, with a facade refaced in Flemish bond brickwork and a moulded brick plinth. The upper storey on the left gable end is finished with rendered slate-hanging. The slate roof features gable ends and has two stacks located off centre at the rear; the left stack has a tall tapered clay pot, while the right stack is rendered. There is also a brick stack at the right gable end.

The house likely originally had a through-passage plan, but short right-angled extensions have been added at each end to the rear, creating a three-sided courtyard with shallow projecting sides. The symmetrical facade is two storeys high and has a five-window range of horned tripartite sashes with marginal glazing bars and two-paned sidelight sashes. The left side porch has a hipped slate roof, while the right side porch features a flat roof and an inner plank door. Three ground floor tripartite sashes are topped with cambered brick arches.

Inside, some early joinery remains, including two-panelled doors. Two trusses were replaced in the 20th century, but five trusses still have lap-jointed collars.

Local climate

Whiddon Park House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 6 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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