Burrows Farm West and Burrows Farm East is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1965. House. 1 related planning application.
Burrows Farm West and Burrows Farm East
- WRENN ID
- dim-niche-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- Burrows Farm West and Burrows Farm East, Watery Lane, Georgeham, EX33 1NQ
- OS grid reference
- SS 444 391
- Coordinates
- 51.13037, -4.22389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burrows Farm West and Burrows Farm East is a farmhouse that has been divided into two houses, with origins dating back to the 16th century, and possibly earlier. The building is constructed of stone rubble and cob, which has been whitewashed and partially plastered, topped with a thatch roof featuring gable ends. The rear extension has a corrugated asbestos roof.
The layout follows a three-cell cross-passage plan, with an outshot to the front right and a right-angled extension to the rear. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a three-window range on the front left. To the right, there is a stair turret and an outshut that is blind to the front, both covered by a thatch catslide roof. The building features rubble stacks with offsets at each gable end, along with an axial stack that backs onto the cross-passage. The right gable end stack includes a projecting bread oven. The windows are 2-light 19th-century timber casements, with two panes in each light; the left windows have leaded panes. The central door is from the 20th century.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is understood that the parlour in Burrows Farm West has a decorative plaster cornice and an overmantle dated 1698.
Burrows Farm East and Burrows Farm West are recognized for their significance as a well-preserved example of a Devon farmhouse, showcasing characteristic cob construction and retaining a substantial amount of its historic fabric.
Local climate
Burrows Farm West and Burrows Farm East 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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 — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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