Fitzford Gatehouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. Gatehouse. 2 related planning applications.
Fitzford Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- muffled-clay-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Fitzford Gatehouse, Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8DA
- OS grid reference
- SX 475 738
- Coordinates
- 50.5449, -4.15296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fitzford Gatehouse is a building dating from the 16th century, with a rebuild in 1871. It was the seat of the Fitz family from the 15th century to the early 17th century, and the remains of their mansion were demolished in the mid-19th century. The gatehouse was reconstructed stone by stone in 1871. It is a three-storey rectangular structure featuring a granite ashlar front and local stone on the sides and back. The building has a castellated parapet and moulded stringcourses, along with carved gargoyles. The doorway has a four-centred granite arch with oak-leaf carvings in the spandrels, and an inner arch that is three-centred. There are two and three-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulding. The gatehouse is currently used as a dwelling house.
Local climate
Fitzford Gatehouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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