Torr House and Higher Torr Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
Torr House and Higher Torr Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- gentle-rampart-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Torr House and Higher Torr Farmhouse, Yealmpton, PL8 2HR
- OS grid reference
- SX 583 510
- Coordinates
- 50.34251, -3.99231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Torr House and Higher Torr Farmhouse are two adjoining houses. Torr House was built in 1792. It is constructed of stuccoed stone rubble, with a slate hipped roof featuring wide eaves. The house has two storeys and three bays, with sash windows incorporating glazing bars and margin lights on the ground floor. The central doorway has a 20th-century pilastered doorcase, topped with an arched hood and fanlight; the inner door retains an original traceried fanlight. Inside, the interior features contemporary moulded plaster cornices and friezes, along with original chimneypieces and a staircase with an elliptical arch in the hall. Higher Torr Farmhouse adjoins Torr House to the east. This farmhouse dates to around the 18th century, and is built of rendered rubble with a slate roof featuring hipped and gabled ends. It comprises two parallel ranges with gables at the east end, and has various sash and casement windows.
Local climate
Torr House and Higher Torr Farmhouse 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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