127 and 128, Turnpikegate, Higher Clovelly is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1989. Cottage.
127 and 128, Turnpikegate, Higher Clovelly
- WRENN ID
- stony-tower-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SS 311 240
- Coordinates
- 50.99079, -4.40739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 127 and 128 Turnpikegate are a pair of thatched cottages dating from the 18th century. They are constructed from rubble and cob, rendered and whitewashed, with a thatched straw roof. The roof is gabled on the left and hipped on the right, featuring two rendered and whitewashed ridge stacks.
The cottages have a plan consisting of two single-room units, with No. 127 on the left having a gable end stack, and No. 128 on the right featuring an axial stack at the join between the two. There is also a lateral stack at the centre of the rear.
The exterior is two storeys high and symmetrical, with three windows on the first floor. These are 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two windows with shallow projecting drip-hoods, along with a further small window in the centre of the first floor, likely a stairlight. The ground floor door openings have projecting slated porches with mono-pitch bitumenised slate roofs and plank doors. To the right of the front, there is a small single-storeyed gabled rubble outshut that includes a two-light casement.
The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
127 and 128, Turnpikegate, Higher Clovelly sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
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