Rear Courtyard Outbuildings and Cob Walls Adjoining to North of Collatons is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Service outbuildings.

Rear Courtyard Outbuildings and Cob Walls Adjoining to North of Collatons

WRENN ID
leaning-railing-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1986
Type
Service outbuildings
OS grid reference
SS 732 017
Coordinates
50.80107, -3.7997
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The rear courtyard outbuildings and cob walls adjoining to the north of Collatons are service outbuildings dating from the early 19th century. They are primarily constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with some areas of exposed or plastered rubble, and feature slate roofs. The large rear service courtyard is enclosed by a high wall that is attached to the rear of the main block of Collatons.

The rear service block of Collatons extends into the south side, which includes a two-storey store in the southeast corner, stables on the west side, and the low rubble walls of another service room on the north side. The gable-ended store has an irregular two-window front with 19th-century casements, two roughly central doors, and, at the left (north) end, 20th-century garage doors. The right (south) gable end features a blind rectangular window recess above, designed to complement the main house front.

The gable-ended stable block has a large carriage entrance at the right (north) end, with a loading hatch above it. To the left is the stable door, which has a fan with radial glazing bars, flanked by part-glazed windows. The east and south sides, to the left of the main house, have large double gateways. The rear (north) wall includes a series of pigeon holes towards the left end. Additionally, from the rear left (north-west) corner, a high plastered cob wall with slate coping extends westwards to the rear of the front garden. All these features are included for their group value.

Local climate

Rear Courtyard Outbuildings and Cob Walls Adjoining to North of Collatons receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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