Great Haye is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. A C17 Farmhouse.

Great Haye

WRENN ID
solitary-merlon-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Great Haye, Lamerton
OS grid reference
SX 448 781
Coordinates
50.58274, -4.19323
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Great Haye is a farmhouse, now divided into multiple residences, with an early 17th-century origin. It has been expanded over time, with a front range rebuilt in the early to mid-19th century and further altered in the 20th century. The construction is primarily rubble, with the front face stuccoed and lined out, featuring granite dressings, and a concrete tiled roof. Originally planned with three rooms and a through passage, the front porch is now located at the rear. A lateral stack originally stood in the hall, while an unheated inner room and gable-end stack have been removed.

The front of the house was completely refronted in the 19th century with further additions. The main block is two storeys high with a 1:2:3 window arrangement. The central bay projects forward with a gable, surmounted by a Doric porch with double, half-glazed outer doors and a central overlight. Behind the doors are panelled double doors with an overlight featuring geometrical glazing bars, alongside plate glass sashes. The first floor has three sashes. A single-storey block attached to the right has a hipped roof and sash window. A two-storey block attached to the left also has a hipped roof, deep eaves that blend with the main roofline, and a two-storey canted bay to the right with a French window and sidelights. Additional windows are a four-pane sash to the front first floor and plate glass sashes to each side, similar sashes are on the ground floor left, and a sash to the first floor. A projecting two-storey wing to the left has a French window and overlight, and a four-pane sash above. The left return displays two ground floor sashes, a 20th-century half-glazed door, an external stair, and a first-floor sash. The right return shows early rendering, with a ground floor six-pane light in a 19th-century stone surround and a two-light mullioned casement with three panes in each light, set within a chamfered granite surround. Two similar granite windows are on the first floor. Walls step forward to the right, incorporating a single-storey brick lean-to and a doorway in the angle. The right side of the facade is not rendered, featuring a ground floor four-light casement with chamfered granite mullions, and a similar three-light casement on the first floor.

The rear elevation is rendered and divided into two bays to the left. The ground floor features a 20th-century half-glazed door and sash window with four-pane sidelights, and two sashes on the first floor. A lateral stack is present. A two-storey porch has a two-centred arched opening with an inner half-glazed door, a nine-pane sash under the eaves, and a two-light gabled dormer above. The next two bays to the right have a three-pane light and a sixteen-pane sash on the ground floor, with a twelve-pane and a sixteen-pane sash under the eaves, and a four-light gabled dormer. A half-glazed door is situated at an upper level to the side. A stack rises from the roof pitch, perhaps marking a former gable end prior to roof alterations. Two further bays to the right have a cellar opening, a 20th-century light above, a small two-light casement to the right, and a two-light casement under the eaves. The side of these bays has a three-light casement on the ground floor and a two-light casement on the first floor. The end two bays are set back, featuring a 20th-century porch in the angle, a multi-pane light above, two 20th-century lights to the right and a four-pane sash under the eaves.

The interior has undergone substantial alterations and is not fully accessible. A fireplace remains at the left end, originating from the lateral rear stack in the hall, constructed with granite roll-mouldings and a mantel supported by moulded corbels. Two shields bearing coats of arms are present, including one displaying three lambs and a hob grate.

Local climate

Great Haye sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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