Sportsmans Arms is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. A 19th century Inn.

Sportsmans Arms

WRENN ID
gaunt-postern-kestrel
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
Inn
Period
19th century
Address
Sportsmans Arms, Lamerton
OS grid reference
SX 462 787
Coordinates
50.58806, -4.17263
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sportsmans Arms is a house that has been converted into an inn, dating from the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of rubble, whitewashed at the lower level, with slate hanging above on the front and sides. It has an asbestos slate roof and a slated gable stack on the left, while the rear wing is rendered. The overall shape of the building is a T-plan, with a double depth layout featuring two main front rooms on either side of a central entrance hall that contains a staircase leading to the rear; this area is now open plan. There is a small two-storey integral service wing at the back.

The inn is two storeys high and has three windows, all of which are 16-pane sash windows. The central entrance features a gabled porch with a segmental-headed opening, flanked by two-pane sidelights, and an inner panelled door that has two glazed sections and an overlight. To the left, there is a two-storey lean-to with a 20th-century glazed bay window at ground level and an 8-pane 20th-century window above it. There is also a second lean-to to the left that has a door. The left side of the building has a blank gable end, while the right side has a 20th-century single-storey concrete lean-to with a three-pane window at the front, a door, and a four-pane window on the side.

At the rear, there is a central two-storey gabled wing with a 20th-century single light and a small single-storey lean-to. The first floor features three 20th-century lights, and there is a four-pane attic light. On the ground and first floors, there are two-light casement windows with cambered heads, each with eight panes. A door is located in the lean-to on the left, while the right lean-to has a 20th-century two-light casement window at both the ground and first floors, with a half-glazed door to the right. The left side of the rear wing has a door, while the right side has a blocked door with a 20th-century single light inserted. Inside, there is a straight staircase leading to the rear centre, which has been largely altered in the 20th century.

Local climate

Sportsmans Arms 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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