Folly or Retort House to West of Stable Block at Hazlewood House is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1989. Folly. 1 related planning application.

Folly or Retort House to West of Stable Block at Hazlewood House

WRENN ID
open-chamber-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1989
Type
Folly
Address
Folly or Retort House to West of Stable Block at Hazlewood House, Loddiswell, TQ7 4EB
OS grid reference
SX 727 521
Coordinates
50.35531, -3.79043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Folly or Retort House, located to the west of the stable block at Hazlewood House, is a building of uncertain function, possibly a former retort house, dating from around 1850. It features a rubble slate roof and is designed as a lobby building with two bays. Each long side has two large arched openings that are flanked and separated by simple pilasters, with an additional pilaster at the south end. The north gable, which faces the main house, has a pair of plank doors beneath an open oculus in the gable. The building is set on a plinth and is partly built against the ground slope to the west. There is no evidence of an internal structure. While the exact purpose of this building is not established, it is part of a group of estate developments located south of the main house, close to the stable and coach-house.

Local climate

Folly or Retort House to West of Stable Block at Hazlewood House 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 87% 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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