Old Church House is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. House.

Old Church House

WRENN ID
under-wicket-nightshade
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
Old Church House, Market Street, Hatherleigh
OS grid reference
SS 541 045
Coordinates
50.82231, -4.072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Church House is a house that likely had some connection with the nearby church, as it borders the churchyard. It underwent heavy remodelling in the early to mid 19th century, transforming a 17th century or earlier house. The exterior features plastered walls that may include some cob, and it has a low-pitched nipped slate roof with overhanging eaves. There are two rendered brick lateral stacks at the rear.

The house has an L-shaped plan with two main rooms, the left-hand room being larger and slightly projecting, along with a central narrow stairhall. A small outbuilding, believed to be a stable, from the 18th or 19th century is attached to the front of the left-hand room.

The house is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical two-window front, with the left side projecting slightly. The first floor features a window in front of the projection and one window on each floor of the right-hand part. All these windows are early to mid 19th century Gothic-style, with three lights, wooden mullions, cinquefoiled heads, and square hoodmoulds. There is a 19th century plank door on the inner face of the projection, and the lower outbuilding on this side also has a plank door. The rear wall of this addition, facing the churchyard, incorporates a medieval two-light window with crude pointed heads. The main part of the house on this side has two windows on each floor, similar in design to those at the front.

Inside, the left-hand room features a fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel and dressed stone jambs.

Local climate

Old Church House 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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