Hernaford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.
Hernaford Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- salt-baluster-spindle
- 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
- Hernaford Farmhouse, Harberton, TQ9 7HY
- OS grid reference
- SX 783 554
- Coordinates
- 50.38638, -3.71306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hernaford Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1830 to 1840. It is constructed of slate rubble with a stuccoed front and a slate hung south side. The roof is a single span with gabled ends and deep eaves featuring paired brackets to the soffit, and incorporates some reused early crested ridge tiles from a previous building. Chimney stacks are located in the gable ends.
The plan is a double depth, almost square shape, with a central entrance hall/passage at the back containing the staircase and principal rooms on either side at the front. A kitchen, dairy and servants’ staircase are situated at the rear.
The symmetrical east front has three bays, with 16-pane sashes to the first floor and 8-over-12-pane sashes on the ground floor. The central doorway has panelled reveals and an original panelled door, now with a later porch featuring octagonal timber posts supporting a slated canopy. A tall, round-headed stair window with a sash and radiating glazing bars at the top is located at the rear.
Inside, the staircase features a wreathed mahogany handrail and stick balusters. The front room on the south side has a marble fireplace. All original internal joinery remains intact, including moulded doorframes, panelled doors and shutters, as well as moulded ceiling cornices.
The farmhouse likely replaced an earlier one, which is probably the more ancient house now known as Hernaford Cottage.
Local climate
Hernaford Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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