The Old Church House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Private dwelling. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Church House
- WRENN ID
- quartered-turret-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Private dwelling
- Address
- The Old Church House, Brayford, EX32 7QL
- OS grid reference
- SS 689 343
- Coordinates
- 51.09319, -3.87216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Church House is probably a 16th-century building, although it may incorporate earlier fabric. It has been refenestrated, reroofed, and had its interior altered in the 20th century. The exterior is of colourwashed rendered rubble, with a scantling slate roof to the front and asbestos slates to the rear. There are rubble stacks with slate drips at each gable end. Originally, it likely had a three-cell cross-passage plan. The building is two storeys high with a four-window front, featuring 20th-century 2-light casements. On the ground floor, two 2-light casements flank two doorways. The doorway to the left has a chamfered surround and a false 4-centred headed door with herringbone planking. A 20th-century door is situated to the right. Inside, the fireplace has stone jambs and a timber lintel, and there are roughly chamfered beams. The roof was not inspected. The church house is situated within the churchyard walls.
Local climate
The Old Church House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- 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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