Abbotswell House, Including Wall, Railings and Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1993. House. 2 related planning applications.
Abbotswell House, Including Wall, Railings and Gate Piers
- WRENN ID
- small-nave-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 December 1993
- Type
- House
- Address
- Abbotswell House, Including Wall, Railings and Gate Piers, Crest Hill, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, TQ11 0AN
- OS grid reference
- SX 735 660
- Coordinates
- 50.48025, -3.7837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbotswell House is a house dating from around 1860, currently used as a retirement home. The building is rendered with a slate roof that has gabled ends and features stacks with rendered shafts. It has a double-depth plan, consisting of two rooms wide with a set-back block on the right end.
The exterior presents a symmetrical three-bay front with deep eaves and a Tuscan porch that includes an entablature with a dentil cornice. The entrance features a six-panel door with a plain overlight, and there are four-pane hornless sash windows, two of which are located on the ground floor.
Although the interior has not been inspected, it is likely to be of interest. Notable subsidiary features include contemporary cast-iron railings in front of the house, which have pierced spear finials. There is also a short section of ramped rendered wall at the left end, along with square-section gate piers that have sunk mouldings, moulded cornices, and pineapple finials to the right of the front elevation.
Local climate
Abbotswell House, Including Wall, Railings and Gate Piers receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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