Free Hamlet is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Free Hamlet
- WRENN ID
- quiet-marble-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Free Hamlet, Ermington, PL21 9NJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 639 532
- Coordinates
- 50.36355, -3.91478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Free Hamlet is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, with a wing added around the 17th or 18th century. The building is constructed of roughcast stone rubble and features a slurried scantle slate roof that is both hipped and gable-ended, forming an L-shape in plan. The 17th or 18th century south wing is two stories high and has three windows, which are fitted with sashes that include glazing bars. To the right of the center, there is a glazed door.
At the rear, the 16th century wing has a large rendered chimney stack at the gable end, along with another rendered chimney stack on the side wall that has a moulded granite cap. There is a nail-studded door beside the stack, framed by a moulded wooden door frame, and another moulded door frame is located at the opposite end of the cross passage.
Inside, the lower end of the northwest wing features jointed cruck trusses and a massive chamfered ceiling beam. The ground floor room at the higher end of the northwest wing showcases early 18th century fielded panelling, complete with an overmantel that is flanked by round-headed niches with fluted pilasters.
Local climate
Free Hamlet receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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