Townliving Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Farmhouse.

Townliving Farmhouse

WRENN ID
scarred-grate-honey
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
Townliving Farmhouse, Mariansleigh
OS grid reference
SS 744 220
Coordinates
50.9841, -3.79011
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Townliving Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century or earlier, but it was largely rebuilt after a fire in the 1930s, according to the owner. The structure is made of whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings and features a slate roof that is gabled at both ends, with end stacks that have brick shafts.

The interior layout, which was not inspected during the survey in 1987, appears to be single depth and three rooms wide, with heated rooms on the left and right. The front door is located to the right of the center and opens into a passage that runs parallel to the front wall. A straight staircase rises opposite the front door, and there are service rooms at the rear in the center of the house. Although the house suffered significant fire damage, it is reported that some exposed carpentry remains on the ground floor.

The exterior consists of two storeys and has an asymmetrical front with four windows. There is a gabled porch to the right of center that includes porch seats and a plank front door. The windows are regularly spaced and are likely early 20th-century timber casements with one, two, and three lights featuring small panes. The interior, which was not inspected during the survey, is said to have exposed crossbeams, according to the owner. The farmhouse is externally attractive and is located adjacent to the church.

Local climate

Townliving 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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