Higher Woodhall is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

Higher Woodhall

WRENN ID
calm-flue-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
House
Address
Higher Woodhall, Exbourne, EX20 3QZ
OS grid reference
SS 588 029
Coordinates
50.80848, -4.00466
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Higher Woodhall is a house dating from the late 18th century, featuring rendered stone walls and a hipped slate roof. It has brick stacks at both ends of the front block and at the rear wing. The layout includes two equal-sized rooms at the front, a central entrance lobby with stairs, and a service wing behind the left-hand room. There is a 19th-century lean-to adjoining the wing.

The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-window front, showcasing original 20-pane sash windows, with the central first-floor window having 16 panes. The ground floor right-hand window has been replaced by a 20th-century glazed door. A late 20th-century facsimile six-panel door is located at the centre, topped by a pedimented doorhood supported by wooden columns. The wing extends at the rear of the left-hand end, with a 19th-century outshut built against the inner face. Inside, the front rooms feature simple decorative plaster cornices.

Local climate

Higher Woodhall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 2008
  • 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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