Lower Coltscombe is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Farmhouse.
Lower Coltscombe
- WRENN ID
- first-threshold-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1991
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Coltscombe, Slapton
- OS grid reference
- SX 809 452
- Coordinates
- 50.29495, -3.67329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Coltscombe is a farmhouse built around 1830-1840, with a farm building dated 1835. It features rendered stone rubble with masonry lining at the front and slate hung on the left side. The slate roof has gabled ends and deep bracketed eaves at the front, along with rendered gable end stacks topped with turned clay pots.
The house has a double depth plan, consisting of two main front rooms with a doorway located to the right of center, likely leading to service rooms at the back. The exterior is two storeys high, with an attic and basement. The south front is almost symmetrical with three windows, which are arranged towards the right. The original windows are 16-pane sashes. The doorway to the right of center is framed by a reeded pilaster doorcase, featuring fretted panel reveals and a 19th-century flush panelled and glazed door. There is also a 19th-century open porch or a flight of slate steps with reeded columns, later openwork spandrels, and a wooden lattice balustrade at the front.
On the left side, the west elevation is slate hung and has 20th-century casements, while the right side, east elevation, also features some 20th-century casements. At the rear, there is a single-storey outshut on the left and a 20th-century wooden porch in the angle. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
Lower Coltscombe receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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