The Knights Cottage, Stowford Grange and Stowford House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. House. 8 related planning applications.
The Knights Cottage, Stowford Grange and Stowford House
- WRENN ID
- half-corner-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Knights Cottage, Stowford Grange and Stowford House, Chittlehampton, Umberleigh, EX37 9RU
- OS grid reference
- SS 633 266
- Coordinates
- 51.0229, -3.95039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house with origins in the 17th century, significantly extended and entirely remodelled in the 19th century. The exterior is constructed of roughly coursed stone rubble and has a slate roof with moulded bargeboards at the left gable end. There are stone stacks, one at the hipped end to the right, and another on the front between two left-hand gables.
The 17th-century fabric is contained within a rear wing, which now forms part of the house. A 19th-century Gothick front range, with a contemporary short wing at the rear left, has been added. The house has two storeys, and there are four windows across the front. The fenestration is in a Gothick style, with stone surrounds to the ground floor and timber frames to the upper storey, all featuring segmental pointed arches over the lights. A canted bay window rises two storeys in height, with a hipped slate roof and three-light windows with sidelights on each floor. The ground floor includes a two-light window to the left of the canted bay, and a gabled porch with a four-centred arched doorway and three-light windows on either side. A rear wing has a gable end with three-light casements on each floor, also in the Gothick style. A canted bay window is present at the left gable end. A single four-light ovolo mullion timber window remains in the rear range. A bell and bellcote are located at eaves level to the right.
Inside the central room of the 17th-century rear wing, there is a central beam and bressumers, along with joists, all ovolo-moulded with run-out stops. The roof structure of the rear wing has been raised and replaced, except for one likely 17th-century truss over the lower front end.
Local climate
The Knights Cottage, Stowford Grange and Stowford 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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