Higher Nichols Nymett is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. A C16 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Higher Nichols Nymett

WRENN ID
lone-rampart-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Higher Nichols Nymett, North Tawton, EX20 2BP
OS grid reference
SS 691 020
Coordinates
50.80349, -3.85828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Higher Nichols Nymett is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century and modern updates in the late 20th century. The building features rendered cob and stone rubble walls and has a thatched roof that is hipped at the left end and gabled at the rear of the wing. There are two rendered axial stacks. The current layout is L-shaped, comprising three rooms in the main range and one large room in the wing at the rear of the right-hand end, which is heated by a stack that runs parallel to the main range. The other axial stack is located between the two left-hand rooms.

The exterior is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with three windows, along with a two-window front on the outer face of the wing behind the right-hand end. All windows are late 20th-century wood casements with leaded panes, featuring two, three, and four lights. There is a late 20th-century open-fronted thatched porch at the left-hand end, which has a part-glazed door behind it. The wing has late 20th-century glazed double doors approximately at the center of its outer face.

Inside, the farmhouse has heavy beamed ceilings and 17th-century fireplaces. It is also believed to contain medieval roof timbers.

Local climate

Higher Nichols Nymett 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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