West Herscott is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
West Herscott
- WRENN ID
- small-jamb-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- West Herscott, Steep Lane, Swimbridge, EX32 0RA
- OS grid reference
- SS 616 318
- Coordinates
- 51.06895, -3.97574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Herscott is a farmhouse, likely dating from the 16th or 17th century. It features painted rendered cob and a thatch roof with gable ends. The building has an axial brick shaft leading to a rubble stack, as well as a brick stack at the left end. It may have originally been designed as a three-cell cross-passage plan, with the upper end possibly used for farm storage and having first floor access to the rear. The lower end appears to have been rebuilt or extended in the 18th or 19th century to create a single-cell cottage. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a six-window range, with 20th-century windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
West Herscott 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 — 2 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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