Dennington House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1965. House, school.
Dennington House
- WRENN ID
- roaming-pinnacle-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1965
- Type
- House, school
- Address
- Dennington House, Swimbridge
- OS grid reference
- SS 616 290
- Coordinates
- 51.04423, -3.97474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dennington House is a house that has been converted into a school, built around 1820-1830. It features painted stucco and a slate roof with gable end stacks. The main structure is symmetrical, with a wide entrance hall flanked by large principal rooms on either side, and there are gable-ended and L-shaped extensions at the rear. The façade has a 2-1-2 bay arrangement, with a total of five windows consisting of hornless 12-paned sashes. The central bay projects slightly and has a moulded architrave.
A central Doric porch with two engaged columns and an entablature frames an elliptical arched doorway. This doorway is flanked by panelled sidelights, each with two panes above a half-glazed panelled door topped by a fanlight. On either side of the entrance, there are two tall sashes, each with six over nine panes, featuring hoodmoulds supported by consoles. The interior has undergone significant alterations, but some cornices in the principal rooms remain intact.
Local climate
Dennington House receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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