Wisdom is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Wisdom
- WRENN ID
- grim-obsidian-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wisdom, Peter Tavy, West Devon, PL19 9NN
- OS grid reference
- SX 513 775
- Coordinates
- 50.57894, -4.10029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th or early 19th century house in Peter Tavy. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble with a gable ended slate roof. The original plan included two main rooms at the front and a rear outshut containing smaller service rooms. A central entrance with stairs is positioned at the rear, projecting into the outshut. The front of the house presents a symmetrical three-window façade with original 12-pane hornless sash windows. A central, open-fronted porch, dating to the 19th century, features an early 19th century part-glazed door. A modillion cornice runs beneath the eaves. Along the rear wall is an integral outshut, with a taller stair tower positioned centrally, having original windows and a hipped roof. The interior has not been inspected, but may retain original plasterwork and joinery.
Local climate
Wisdom sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- 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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