Lower Carley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Farmhouse.
Lower Carley Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- knotted-hearth-ochre
- 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
- Lower Carley Farmhouse, Lifton
- OS grid reference
- SX 371 868
- Coordinates
- 50.65863, -4.30557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Carley Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the 1830s for the Lifton Estate. It features stone rubble brought to course with stone dressings and a slate roof that is hipped at the ends, along with brick stacks. The building has a rectangular plan with two rear wings, which are likely late 19th century additions. It stands two storeys high and has a symmetrical front with three windows. The central gabled stone porch has a plank front door with strap hinges, topped by a rectangular fanlight with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two 16-pane hornless sash windows, and on the first floor, there are two similar windows alongside a central 12-pane sash window. The deep eaves are supported by paired timber brackets. The interior has not been inspected. Lower Carley was constructed for the Lifton Estate when three adjacent farms were combined and is typical of the estate farms, but it is notable for retaining the farmhouse facade intact.
Local climate
Lower Carley 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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