Ash House Approximately 30 Metres North of Middle Henstill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Ash-house.

Ash House Approximately 30 Metres North of Middle Henstill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sleeping-cellar-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Ash-house
OS grid reference
SS 808 038
Coordinates
50.82192, -3.69271
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ash house, probably 19th century. It is built of cob on rubble footings and has a thatched roof. The structure is circular in plan with a conical roof. It features an unglazed window or loading hatch on the southeast side, facing the farmhouse, and a plank door on the west side. This is an unusual thatch-roofed ash house.

Local climate

Ash House Approximately 30 Metres North of Middle Henstill 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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