Langford is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. Cottage.

Langford

WRENN ID
ruined-postern-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Langford, Sampford Courtenay
OS grid reference
SS 632 011
Coordinates
50.79405, -3.94208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Langford is a semi-detached cottage that may have originally been part of a larger house, dating from the mid-17th century. It has been altered and likely subdivided in the 19th or early 20th century. The walls are made of rendered cob and rubble, and the roof is thatched, gabled at the left end and hipped at the right. There is a brick stack at the right gable end. The building has a one-room plan with a rear outshot added in the 19th century, but it was probably originally one house with the adjoining property on the left, which has been extensively rebuilt in the 19th century. The fireplace is located at the right gable end.

The exterior features two storeys with an asymmetrical front that has two windows, which are early 20th-century small-paned casements, one with three lights and the other with one light. To the left, there is a 19th-century plank door beneath a doorhood supported by brackets. Inside, there is a chamfered cross-beam with jewel stops, and the open fireplace is likely a 19th-century rebuild, featuring a high plain wooden lintel and brick sides. The feet of the softwood principal rafters are visible on the first floor.

Local climate

Langford sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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