Pound House, at Sx4473 6447 is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1990. Pound house.
Pound House, at Sx4473 6447
- WRENN ID
- other-alcove-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1990
- Type
- Pound house
- Address
- Pound House, at Sx4473 6447, Bere Ferrers
- OS grid reference
- SX 447 644
- Coordinates
- 50.45953, -4.18861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pound House is an 18th-century building located in Bere Ferrers. It is constructed from coursed slatestone rubble and features a gabled corrugated iron roof. The house has a rectangular one-unit plan and stands two storeys high with a single window range. There is a segmental stone arch over a 20th-century plank door to the left of a two-light window, with another window above it set beneath the eaves. A timber lintel is present over a 20th-century plank loft door on the gable end. Inside, there is a 19th-century cider press that includes an oak press along with cast-iron screws and cogs.
Local climate
Pound House, at Sx4473 6447 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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