Burcombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Burcombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- late-mortar-ivy
- 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
- Burcombe Farmhouse, Brentor, PL19 0NQ
- OS grid reference
- SX 470 823
- Coordinates
- 50.62083, -4.16402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burcombe Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of whitewashed stone, with the first floor featuring slate-hanging on the front. The building has a slate roof that is gabled at both ends, and there are stone stacks at the ends, with the right gable end stack projecting and featuring set-offs. The farmhouse has a single depth plan with an integral outshut and is two rooms wide. It stands two storeys high and has a symmetrical front with two windows. The central entrance is a gabled stone porch. The first-floor windows are three-light casements with six panes per light, while the ground floor windows are from the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Burcombe Farmhouse 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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- 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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