North Creaber Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Farmhouse.
North Creaber Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- scattered-hinge-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- North Creaber Farmhouse, Gidleigh, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 659 880
- Coordinates
- 50.67619, -3.89801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Creaber Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that was thoroughly refurbished and enlarged in 1986. It is constructed from granite stone rubble and features granite stacks with granite ashlar chimney shafts, one of which was rebuilt in 1986. The original slate roof was formerly thatched.
The house has a two-room-and-through-passage plan and faces southeast. The right room, which served as the parlour, has an end stack with the site of a newel stair located at the rear. The left room is the kitchen/hall, which contains an axial stack that backs onto the passage. Rear service rooms were added in 1986. The main block of the farmhouse is two storeys high.
The exterior displays an irregular three-window front with timber casements featuring glazing bars, all of which were replaced in 1986. The doorway is roughly central and consists of an old solid oak frame with a plank door. The roof is gable-ended and steps down to the right of centre.
The interior largely reflects the extensive renovation from 1986, with the exception of a soffit-chamfered half beam across the front of the kitchen/hall chimney breast, which was not replaced. Both fireplaces are made of granite ashlar. The parlour fireplace is the latest in style, featuring a curving pentan, likely dating from the late 17th century. The kitchen/hall fireplace has a hollow-chamfered surround and includes an inserted bread oven.
North Creaber Farmhouse, along with the nearby barn and shippon, forms an attractive group.
Local climate
North Creaber Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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