Durdon Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Durdon Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stranded-cellar-azure
- 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
- Durdon Farmhouse, Northlew, EX20 3PU
- OS grid reference
- SX 522 996
- Coordinates
- 50.77783, -4.09697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Durdon Farmhouse is probably of mid to later 17th century origin, although no original internal features are visible to date it. It is constructed of plastered rubble and cob walls, with a thatched gable roof that extends in a catslide fashion at the rear over an outshut. Two brick stacks are located in the gable ends. The original plan appears to have been a three-room-and-through-passage layout, with a lower room to the left. The central room lacks a fireplace, making its original use unclear. The outshut runs along the rear wall, and while it may be original, it is more likely to be from the 18th century. A 20th-century staircase has been inserted into the passage.
The exterior presents an asymmetrical three-window front. Most windows are early 20th-century, three-light casements, except for a small-paned casement on the ground floor to the right and a first-floor window to the right of centre, which are from the 19th century. A 20th-century lean-to porch with a panelled and glazed door is located to the left of centre. A row of pigeon holes is situated below the eaves to the right of centre. Attached at the left-hand end is an 18th-century outbuilding, featuring a corrugated iron roof, a door at its right-hand end, and a ventilation slit in the centre.
The interior contains no visible original features, although beams and open fireplaces may have been concealed by later alterations. The feet of the trusses are not visible on the first floor, suggesting that the roof timbers are unlikely to be original. The house has undergone little alteration since the early 20th century.
Local climate
Durdon 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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