Whitely is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Farmhouse.

Whitely

WRENN ID
waiting-stair-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Whitely, Lifton
OS grid reference
SX 406 843
Coordinates
50.63684, -4.2543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whitely is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century. It is whitewashed and rendered, topped with a slate roof that is hipped at both ends, and features three rendered brick stacks at the rear. The building has a double depth plan with an off-centre entrance leading into an entrance hall, which has the main stair located at the back. The house has been widened at the rear, and its asymmetrical layout suggests it may have been rebuilt in the 18th century from an earlier structure, although there is little visible evidence of the original building.

The farmhouse is two storeys high with an asymmetrical six-bay front. The porch features Tuscan pilasters and an entablature with a pediment. The ground floor includes a 20th-century window on the left, a blocked window first from the left, and the remaining windows are 12-pane sashes. Above the blocked window, there is an 8-pane sash, while the other first-floor windows are also 12-pane sashes. Inside, there is contemporary joinery that includes doors with six fielded panels and a staircase with turned balusters. Cornices and one 18th-century chimney piece are still present, and the roof trusses are likely from the 18th century.

Local climate

Whitely sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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