North (Or Higher) Hele is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. Farmhouse.
North (Or Higher) Hele
- WRENN ID
- winding-roof-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- North (Or Higher) Hele, Cornwood, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 613 612
- Coordinates
- 50.43431, -3.9532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North (or Higher) Hele is a farmhouse dating from the mid-18th century, with some earlier elements. It features a granite ashlar front and a slate hipped roof. The building has a symmetrical five-bay facade, with original window openings that have flat arches and 20th-century casements. The central entrance consists of a flush panel door topped with a rectangular fanlight, and there is a 20th-century open porch. Rendered chimneystacks are located at either end of the house. At the rear, there is a one-storey and attic outshut that includes a moulded four-centred arch doorway with carved spandrels and a stone mullion window, which may indicate the remains of an earlier house or reused materials. Inside, the staircase has an open well that has been filled in, but it retains a balustrade with a moulded handrail that ramps up to large column newels.
Local climate
North (Or Higher) Hele receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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