Tetwell Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1989. Farmhouse.
Tetwell Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fossil-brass-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Tetwell Farmhouse, Aveton Gifford
- OS grid reference
- SX 682 490
- Coordinates
- 50.3269, -3.85216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tetwell Farmhouse is a mid-19th century farmhouse constructed from rubble with brick dressings and stacks, topped with a slate roof. The building features a symmetrical central hall plan beneath a hipped roof that slopes down on either side, covering a harness and tack room to the left and a dairy to the right. It has two storeys and part basement, with a window arrangement of 1:3:1, all featuring 4-pane sashes set in brick arches. The central section has two storeys of windows, while the wings have only ground floor windows but also include a blind oculus at eaves level made from hoop iron.
The central entrance boasts an arched doorway with a keystone, and the door is set in deep reveals with a fanlight featuring Y-tracery. The left side of the building has a small light at the eaves, and at basement level, there is a central plank door flanked by small lights under segmental brick arches. The rear of the building mirrors the front but includes a lean-to porch and a projecting arm, along with small brick stacks.
Inside, the farmhouse retains many contemporary panelled doors, including cupboard doors, and features a segmental-headed arch leading to a door under the staircase. The staircase has a circular plan with a mahogany handrail, stick balusters, decorative ends to the treads, and leads to a straight upper landing. The windows are fitted with panelled shutters. This unusual but attractive design has remained largely unchanged since it was built.
Local climate
Tetwell Farmhouse 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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