Lower Bowcombe is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.

Lower Bowcombe

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Bowcombe, Ugborough, PL21 0HN
OS grid reference
SX 668 549
Coordinates
50.37974, -3.87465
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Bowcombe is an early 19th-century farmhouse. It features a joint-lined stucco front, with slate-hung sides and stone rubble walls. The roof is hipped and covered with slurried slate. The building has a simple pile plan with a service wing at the rear and stands two storeys tall with three bays. The windows are sash style with glazing bars and stone cills. The central entrance has a round arched doorway with a traceried semi-circular fanlight above and a panel door. Stone chimney stacks are located on the side walls.

Local climate

Lower Bowcombe receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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