Ley Marden is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Rectory.

Ley Marden

WRENN ID
scattered-string-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1989
Type
Rectory
Address
Ley Marden, Yarnscombe
OS grid reference
SS 564 233
Coordinates
50.99199, -4.04703
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ley Marden is a former rectory built in 1867, designed by R.D. Gould of Barnstaple at a cost of £1,500. It is constructed from local stone rubble with Bathstone dressings and features a slate roof with stone rubble stacks, all in a Gothic style. The building has an asymmetrical plan, with the entrance elevation showcasing three gables at the front. The gables are slightly set back to the left and right, and there is a slated lean-to porch supported by stout timbers on the right side of the central block. A second door is located at the left end, featuring a chamfered stopped stone doorframe. The windows include some stone mullioned casements along with later windows. The interior was not inspected during the survey in 1988.

Local climate

Ley Marden 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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