East or Groves Fishleigh Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. A C17 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
East or Groves Fishleigh Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- worn-pilaster-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
- Farmhouse
- Address
- East or Groves Fishleigh Farmhouse, Hatherleigh, EX20 3LH
- OS grid reference
- SS 554 057
- Coordinates
- 50.83354, -4.05405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
East or Groves Fishleigh Farmhouse is a derelict farmhouse dating from the 17th century. It has partly plastered rubble and cob walls, with some repairs made using concrete blocks. The roof is thatched, gabled at the right end and hipped on the left. There is a rendered rubble stack at the right gable end. The building has a 3-room plan with a cross or through passage, although the left-hand room is likely an outbuilding with its own external access. The heated room is located to the right of the passage.
The farmhouse is two storeys high and features an asymmetrical front with four windows. Many of the windows have fallen out and are mainly 19th and 20th century 2 and 3-light casements. However, to the left of centre on each floor, there is a 17th-century moulded wooden mullion window. A 19th-century plank door is located at the centre and another door to the left of centre leads to the outbuilding.
The interior is not fully accessible, but the right-hand room has been seen to contain chamfered cross beams with bar stops. There is an open fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a wooden lintel featuring mason's mitre stops. Other early features, including roof timbers, may also be present.
Local climate
East or Groves Fishleigh 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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