East Borestone Farmhouse Including Stables Adjoining North West and Front Garden Area Wall is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

East Borestone Farmhouse Including Stables Adjoining North West and Front Garden Area Wall

WRENN ID
north-wattle-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1993
Type
Farmhouse
Address
East Borestone Farmhouse Including Stables Adjoining North West and Front Garden Area Wall, TQ9 7LD
OS grid reference
SX 770 537
Coordinates
50.37044, -3.73074
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Farmhouse. Built around the middle of the 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of slate rubble, with the front of the left-hand end being slate hung. It has an asbestos hipped slate roof with red ridge tiles, and the right-hand end is slightly lower. There are central and projecting right-hand end stacks, both with brick shafts; the left-hand end stack has been truncated. The original layout was likely a three-room and through-passage plan, but it was altered to include a wider stairhall instead of a passage. There is no visible evidence of fabric from earlier than the 19th century.

Attached at right angles to the front, and to the inner side of the farmhouse, is a contemporary range of stables from the 19th century, with the inner end having been converted into living space.

The farmhouse has two storeys and a three-window front, with large 19th-century three-light casement windows containing glazing bars. A 19th-century panelled door is located to the right of centre, sheltered by a stone rubble gabled porch with a brick segmental arch.

Inside, the joinery is all from the 19th century, including a staircase with stick balusters, a baluster newel, and a wreathed handrail. The roofs are also 19th century, although the roof in the lower end was replaced in the 20th century.

A further outbuilding adjoins the north-west side, projecting at right angles to the left of the front. This was probably used as stables with a loft above and is constructed of slate rubble with a grouted scantle slate roof. It has three doorways with flat stone arches, two of which are blocked. There is a very small window under the eaves. A loft doorway, now a window, is visible in the left hand gable end. The right-hand end, adjoining the main house, is asbestos slate hung and has a higher roofline due to the extension.

A low stone rubble garden wall, with gate piers, encloses a small front garden area.

Local climate

East Borestone Farmhouse Including Stables Adjoining North West and Front Garden Area Wall receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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