Little Frenchstone Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Little Frenchstone Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lost-facade-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Little Frenchstone Farmhouse, Queen's Nympton, EX36 4LE
- OS grid reference
- SS 721 229
- Coordinates
- 50.99176, -3.82371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Frenchstone Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century or earlier, with a likely late 19th century wing. The building is whitewashed and rendered, featuring a roof that is partly slated and partly covered with corrugated asbestos, which probably replaced thatch. The farmhouse has a lateral stack at the rear of the main range and another lateral stack for the wing.
The layout is in an L shape, with the main range likely being single depth and the 19th century crosswing located at the left end. The right end of the main range appears to be used for storage. The exterior has two storeys and an asymmetrical front with four windows. The main entrance is a 19th century plank door with a cover strip, and there is a second entrance with a porch to the left. The windows are timber casements, dating from the 19th or 20th century.
The interior was not inspected, but it may hold interest. The description and dating are approximate due to lack of access during the survey in 1987.
Local climate
Little Frenchstone Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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