Dung House on North West Side of Lower Yard at Middle Blagdon Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. Dung-house.

Dung House on North West Side of Lower Yard at Middle Blagdon Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1975
Type
Dung-house
Address
Dung House on North West Side of Lower Yard at Middle Blagdon Farmhouse, Blagdon Road
OS grid reference
SX 857 610
Coordinates
50.43782, -3.61044
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dung-house, located on the north-west side of the lower yard at Middle Blagdon Farmhouse, dates from the 1870s and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble and features a turnerised slate roof that is hipped at both ends, with a timber ventilator. The building is oriented on a southwest to northeast axis and completes the lower yard of farm buildings at Middle Blagdon Farm. This single-storey structure has a large louvred ventilator on the ridge and two enlarged openings on the yard side. While it has been more altered than the other buildings in the yard, the dung-house remains an important part of the group due to its historical and functional significance.

Local climate

Dung House on North West Side of Lower Yard at Middle Blagdon Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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