Culmstock Beacon is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Warning beacon.
Culmstock Beacon
- WRENN ID
- south-foundation-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1988
- Type
- Warning beacon
- OS grid reference
- ST 109 150
- Coordinates
- 50.92816, -3.26777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Culmstock Beacon is a warning beacon with origins dating back to the medieval period or the 16th century, although it was rebuilt after a collapse in 1870. Constructed from local stone rubble, this small beehive-shaped building has a circular plan, with walls that rise to a slightly projecting eaves beneath a rounded roof. The south side features a low flat-headed doorway, and there is a circular opening in the roof that measures approximately 1 meter across. The walls include two loops and some narrow internal ledges, which are believed to have supported fire bars. This beacon is marked as "Black Down Beacon" on Donn's map of Devon from 1765.
Local climate
Culmstock Beacon receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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