Woolston Place Including Garden Retaining Wall, Railings and Gate-Piers to South-East is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. House. 3 related planning applications.

Woolston Place Including Garden Retaining Wall, Railings and Gate-Piers to South-East

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1990
Type
House
Address
Woolston Place Including Garden Retaining Wall, Railings and Gate-Piers to South-East, West Alvington, TQ7 3BH
OS grid reference
SX 716 416
Coordinates
50.261, -3.80219
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Woolston Place is a house from the early 19th century located in West Alvington. It features coursed slate stone rubble walls that are rendered at the gable ends, and has a gable-ended slate roof with overhanging eaves. There are rendered brick stacks at each gable end. The original plan was double depth, with one room on either side of a central hall, although some internal partitions have been removed and there is a 20th-century rear addition.

The exterior is two storeys high and has an almost symmetrical front with three windows, featuring early 19th-century 16-pane hornless sashes, except for a 20th-century imitation on the ground floor to the right. Dressed stone flat arches sit above the windows. The centre of the house has what is likely the original six-panel door, which is complemented by a restored open porch with a flat hood supported by fluted columns and pilasters.

At the rear, two original sashes remain, while the rest of the windows are from the 20th century. There is a single-storey, flat-roofed 20th-century wing that includes a tall garden retaining wall to the southeast, which borders the road on two sides. This wall features a gateway in a semi-circular recess at the corner and divided steps with iron railings leading to a gate flanked by square rubble piers. The interior was inaccessible during the survey but is likely to contain original joinery, such as panelled doors and a staircase.

Local climate

Woolston Place Including Garden Retaining Wall, Railings and Gate-Piers to South-East 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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