Furze 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.
Furze Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stark-finial-plover
- 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
- Furze Farmhouse, Great Torrington, EX38 7HA
- OS grid reference
- SS 490 210
- Coordinates
- 50.96867, -4.15094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Furze Farmhouse, dating from 1735, is likely an altered 18th century building. It is two storeys high and features three windows. The exterior is finished in stucco, with sash windows that have exposed frames and glazing bars. A gabled porch with barge boards is present. To the left, there is a smaller wing made of stone and brick. The farmhouse has a shouldered projecting end chimney on the right and a square end chimney on the left.
Local climate
Furze Farmhouse receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 90% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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