West Bovey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1986. Farmhouse.

West Bovey Farmhouse

WRENN ID
fossil-pilaster-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 July 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
West Bovey Farmhouse, Chipstable
OS grid reference
ST 046 247
Coordinates
51.01436, -3.36129
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West Bovey Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed of red sandstone random rubble with brick dressings, quoins, and a plinth, topped with a pyramid slate roof and featuring a central brick stack. The building has a double pile plan facing south, with a service wing set back to the west. It is two storeys high and has three bays, with segmental headed voussoirs that include keystones and flat surrounds to 16-pane sash windows. The central entrance features a pedimented ashlar doorcase with a 6-panel door, which is approached by a short flight of steps.

Local climate

West Bovey Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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