Bovisand Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1977. Country house.

Bovisand Lodge

WRENN ID
bitter-hall-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1977
Type
Country house
Address
Bovisand Lodge, Bovisand Lane, Wembury
OS grid reference
SX 496 506
Coordinates
50.33648, -4.11388
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bovisand Lodge is a country house located in a wooded valley, dating from the early 19th century. The building is finished in stucco and features a slate hipped roof behind a parapet adorned with small urns. It has a square plan and stands two storeys tall. The north entrance front consists of five bays, with the two bays on the right side being blind. The house has sash windows with glazing bars and a central moulded round-arched doorway that includes a panelled door. A porch with Ionic columns supports an entablature. The west elevation, which faces down the valley, has four bays. Inside, there is a contemporary staircase.

Local climate

Bovisand Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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