Youngs Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Farmhouse.

Youngs Farmhouse

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 November 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Youngs Farmhouse, Colebrooke
OS grid reference
SX 769 999
Coordinates
50.7861, -3.74634
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Youngs Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the early 19th century and remodeled in the late 19th century. It is constructed from plastered cob and rubble, with one wall hung with slate. The building features stone rubble stacks with plastered brick chimney shafts and a slate roof.

The farmhouse is L-shaped and faces south, comprising a two-room front block with a stack at the right (east) end. There is a rear block at right angles behind the left room, which has a stack in the wall between two back-to-back fireplaces. The entrance and staircase are located in the block at the angle between the two wings. The building has two storeys with a basement in the front wing.

The symmetrical front has three windows, which were remodeled in the late 19th century, featuring 16-pane sashes and a central 12-pane sash on the first floor. The quoins are made of cream-colored machine brick, and the roof is hipped at both ends. The left (west) side facing the farmyard is slate hung and has three windows, with 20th-century casements except for the 12-pane sashes on each floor towards the front. The east front includes both 19th and 20th-century casements, with the earlier ones having glazing bars.

The stair block has a tall round-headed sash with glazing bars on the east side and a main entrance on the north side, which features a 19th-century six-panel door with incised decoration on the reveals and doorcase. The interior has not been inspected. The farmhouse is included for its group value as it is situated opposite the church.

Local climate

Youngs 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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