Bakehouse Approximately 150 Metres South East of Winstode House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Bakehouse.

Bakehouse Approximately 150 Metres South East of Winstode House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Bakehouse
OS grid reference
SX 791 972
Coordinates
50.76203, -3.71454
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a bakehouse located approximately 150 meters southeast of Winstode House, dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of cob on rubble footings, with a stone and cob stack, and has a corrugated iron roof that was formerly thatched. The bakehouse is a small, gable-ended, one-room structure that is terraced into the hillside and faces south.

It has two storeys and features a two-window front with a door to the left, framed in heavy oak with a chamfered surround. The ground floor window is missing, while the two small first-floor windows retain their original unglazed oak frames with chamfered mullions, with two lights on the left and three on the right. The interior remains unaltered, showcasing a pitched stone floor and a large oak crossbeam that is chamfered with scroll stops.

A massive granite fireplace with an oak lintel dominates the west gable end, containing a large bread oven on the left side and an unusual arrangement on the right side, which includes two round-headed arches at floor level with rising flues and a large, blocked opening high inside the chimney. Although the first-floor structure has collapsed to the right of the stack and there is no sign of an internal stair, there is a first-floor door through the east gable. The roof is a two-bay design with an A-frame truss and pegged, lap-jointed collar. This small 17th-century bakehouse, which appears to have separate accommodation above, is a remarkable survival.

Local climate

Bakehouse Approximately 150 Metres South East of Winstode House 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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