Priestacott Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1973. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Priestacott Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- pitched-entrance-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Priestacott Farmhouse, Great Torrington, EX38 7EU
- OS grid reference
- SS 498 211
- Coordinates
- 50.97021, -4.13997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Priestacott Farmhouse, built in 1735, features early 18th century construction. The building is a two-storey long range, with stone and brick outbuildings extending to the left. Inside, the beams are now cased, and there are ledged plank doors with wrought hinges on lugs on both floors. The first-floor doors have H hinges with straps and include some fielded panels. The 18th-century staircase has column newels and square balusters. The site is referenced in the Domesday Book.
Local climate
Priestacott 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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