West Underdown Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

West Underdown Farmhouse

WRENN ID
last-truss-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
West Underdown Farmhouse, Drewsteignton, West Devon
OS grid reference
SX 705 913
Coordinates
50.70705, -3.83477
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West Underdown Farmhouse is a farmhouse built around 1850. It features plastered stone rubble, possibly with some cob, and has stone rubble stacks topped with plastered brick. The slate roof is adorned with crested ridge tiles. The building has a double depth design facing southeast, with a central entrance hall and staircase. There are front and rear rooms on either side, all served by service end stacks. At the right end, slightly set back from the front, is a two-story integral outshot. The main house is two stories tall.

The exterior has a symmetrical three-window front with original 16-pane sash windows and a central doorway that still holds the original six-panel door with an overlight featuring margin panes. The roof is gable-ended. The outshot has a two-window front with 19th-century casements that include glazing bars, and the ground floor windows have iron security bars. The rear also features similar casements and a round-headed sash window for the stairs, which has Y-tracery glazing bars. Two sides of the rear service courtyards are enclosed by service buildings.

Inside, the farmhouse is well-preserved and retains much of its original joinery and details, including an open string stick baluster staircase with turned newel posts, a mahogany handrail, and a curtail step.

Local climate

West Underdown Farmhouse receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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