High House (Farmhouse Overlooking Bowcombe Creek) is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1949. Farmhouse.
High House (Farmhouse Overlooking Bowcombe Creek)
- WRENN ID
- half-cellar-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1949
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- High House (Farmhouse Overlooking Bowcombe Creek), Bowcombe Road, Kingsbridge
- OS grid reference
- SX 744 435
- Coordinates
- 50.27823, -3.76406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High House is a farmhouse overlooking Bowcombe Creek, with parts dating from the 16th century or early 17th century. The back wing features several windows with stopped ovolo wood lintels, and one window has a label mould. The building is two storeys high, with an 18th-century front on the east side that has five windows. The exterior is constructed of stone with stucco, which is peeling in some areas, and includes late 18th-century sash windows with glazing bars. Inside, the rear wing has hewn chamfered beams and a massive chimney breast.
Local climate
High House (Farmhouse Overlooking Bowcombe Creek) 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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