Outbuilding Immediately West of Froxton Farmhouse and Froxton is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Outbuilding.
Outbuilding Immediately West of Froxton Farmhouse and Froxton
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Address
- Outbuilding Immediately West of Froxton Farmhouse and Froxton, Whitstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 256 998
- Coordinates
- 50.77158, -4.47394
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This outbuilding, located immediately west of Froxton Farmhouse, dates back to the 17th century and was used as a shippon or stables with a hay-loft above. It is constructed from freestone rubble and features a rag slate roof with a half-hipped south end. The south end includes a stable door on the ground floor and a left door above. The inner walls of the loft are plastered. The outbuilding is connected to the farmhouse by a short section of slate stone wall, which has a slated canopy over the gateway. It is illustrated in the Spoure Book, and is included for its group value with the farmhouse.
Local climate
Outbuilding Immediately West of Froxton Farmhouse and Froxton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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