Cockington Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Cockington Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- scattered-wall-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Cockington Farmhouse, Alwington, EX39 5BN
- OS grid reference
- SS 405 259
- Coordinates
- 51.01039, -4.27424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cockington Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid to late 18th century, with some alterations made in the late 19th century. The building features colourwashed render over coursed slatestone rubble, with some cob, and has a gabled slate roof from the late 19th century, complete with bracketed eaves. There are rendered brick stacks at the ends and a ridge stack, with a bread oven projection on the left side.
The farmhouse has a two-unit plan with a central staircase and an additional service wing to the left. It stands two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window range. Carved brackets support a flat hood over a late 19th-century six-panelled door, which has two glazed panels and is set in a beaded architrave. There are flat rendered arches above late 19th-century six-pane horned plate-glass sash windows. At the rear, there is a stair turret and a late 19th-century outshut.
The one-unit service range to the left features two late 19th-century two-light casements with glazing bars, as well as a one-storey extension that projects from the front wall. Inside, the staircase, dado panelling, and fireplaces are notable, and the service wing to the left has chamfered beams.
Local climate
Cockington Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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