Cartshed and Apple Store Approximately 10 Metres South East of Knowle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Cartshed, apple store.
Cartshed and Apple Store Approximately 10 Metres South East of Knowle Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stony-porch-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Cartshed, apple store
- OS grid reference
- SS 781 015
- Coordinates
- 50.80025, -3.73007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cartshed and apple store built in the late 19th century, located approximately 10 metres southeast of Knowle Farmhouse. The structure is made of cob on rubble footings and part snecked volcanic stone, topped with a wheat reed thatched roof. It is a long, low building that is open-fronted and faces east, featuring four wide bays separated by wooden posts. The northern bay is enclosed with a weatherboarded front that includes a 20th-century door. The roof is hipped on the left side and gable-ended on the right. The right end wall, which faces the farmhouse, is constructed of snecked volcanic stone with a weatherboarded gable. Inside, there is an 8-bay roof supported by tie-beam trusses.
Local climate
Cartshed and Apple Store Approximately 10 Metres South East of Knowle Farmhouse receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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