Legge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. A Early 18th century House. 1 related planning application.
Legge Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- waning-mantel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Legge Farmhouse, Highampton, EX21 5LF
- OS grid reference
- SS 499 050
- Coordinates
- 50.82564, -4.13128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Legge Farmhouse is a house, originally a farmhouse, dating to the early 18th century, with additions from the 19th century and alterations in the 20th. The walls are of rendered cob, and the roof is thatched, with brick end stacks. The original plan consisted of two heated rooms, extended in the 19th and 20th centuries by outshuts at either end and to the rear. The house was modernised in the late 20th century. The front facade is asymmetrical, with three windows on the ground and first floors, featuring 20th-century 2-light casements with small panes. A central, 20th-century lean-to porch provides access via a partly-glazed door. Outshuts are located at either end of the building and to the rear. The interior has been modernised and no original features are visible.
Local climate
Legge 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- 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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