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

Brambles

WRENN ID
stranded-cupola-raven
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
House
Address
Brambles, Stowford
OS grid reference
SX 412 853
Coordinates
50.64623, -4.24675
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brambles is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with renovations made in the 20th century. It has a colourwashed and plastered exterior, topped with a slate roof that is gabled at the left end. The building features one projecting gable end stack, one stack on the ridge, and a slim brick chimney shaft at the right end. The layout appears to be a straightforward three-room design with a through passage, although its relationship to the adjoining property, Homeleigh, is somewhat unclear.

The house is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with five windows. There is a 20th-century front door on the left and another entrance on the right, with modern windows throughout. Inside, the through passage retains exposed joists. The hall is heated by a fireplace located on the wall opposite the passage, featuring a large fireplace with granite jambs and a replaced lintel. The hall also has a large chamfered cross beam. The wall separating the hall from the inner room has been partly dismantled, and the inner room contains a fireplace with a chamfered lintel. The chamfered lintel for the fireplace at the lower end is hidden behind a modern lintel.

Local climate

Brambles 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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