Coryton House is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Coryton House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-portal-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Coryton House, EX20 4PA
- OS grid reference
- SX 455 835
- Coordinates
- 50.63125, -4.1856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House, built in 1836 for Richard Newman and partly financed by Thomas Newman of Manhead. The house is constructed of dressed stone, with the stone brought to course, ashlar quoins, and stone dressings. It has slate roofs with gabled ends and tall rendered paired stone stacks. Described as a "handsome residence in the Elizabethan style" in 1890, the house follows an irregular plan beneath a steeply pitched two-span roof, with the rear (east) span projecting to the south. A single-storey addition was added to the north side around the 1940s, and a porch to the west front.
The house is two storeys and has an attic. The three-bay west front is symmetrical and has a Georgian character, with Tudor detailing. A slightly advanced central gable bay contains a 1836 moulded stone doorway, now behind a 1940s porch with a parapet. Above the doorway is a three-light stone mullioned window with leaded panes, and a single-light casement in a stone architrave within the gable, which is coped with kneelers. Large projecting stone stacks with set-offs flank the gabled bay, the chimneys topped by paired diagonally set shafts with moulded cornices; some ornamental chimney pots remain. The porch and the 1940s addition on the left also feature stone mullioned windows with leaded panes, matching the 1836 stone mullioned windows throughout the house. At the rear, three shafts are corbelled out at first-floor level.
The interior retains 1836 fittings throughout, including the staircase, doors, cornices, and fireplaces. One fireplace in a ground floor room on the front left has been replaced. The Newman family purchased the Coryton estate in 1809, and they still own much of the parish.
Local climate
Coryton 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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