Cowhouse 2 Metres North of Borcombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Cowhouse.
Cowhouse 2 Metres North of Borcombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Cowhouse
- OS grid reference
- SY 194 914
- Coordinates
- 50.71715, -3.14217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cowhouse located 2 metres north of Borcombe Farmhouse, likely built around 1850. It is constructed from local stone and flint rubble, topped with an interlocking tile roof. The small cowhouse faces south and features a central doorway flanked by unglazed windows, along with two small windows for the hayloft. The roof is gable-ended. Inside, there is plain carpentry detail. This cowhouse, together with Borcombe Farmhouse and the barn, creates a cohesive farm group in a picturesque setting.
Local climate
Cowhouse 2 Metres North of Borcombe Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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