Swainstone is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Swainstone
- WRENN ID
- long-rafter-clover
- 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
- Swainstone, Ermington, PL21 9LE
- OS grid reference
- SX 606 546
- Coordinates
- 50.37554, -3.96129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swainstone is a farmhouse dating to around the 17th century, with significant alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of stone rubble, with a slate roof featuring gabled ends. The roof is higher on one side. The front has four windows, featuring 19th and 20th century casements with glazing bars. Small gables are visible on the first floor. A 20th-century plank door is located centrally, sheltered by a slated hood. A large external rubble chimney stack is on the rear wall, partially rebuilt, and a staircase projection also extends from the rear. Inside, there’s a ceiling with stopped chamfer ceiling beams and joists. The remainder of the interior has been altered.
Local climate
Swainstone 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 89% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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