The Shambles is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1966. A C17 Public seating. 2 related planning applications.
The Shambles
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-stair-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1966
- Type
- Public seating
- Address
- The Shambles, the Square, Uffculme, EX15 3AA
- OS grid reference
- ST 067 127
- Coordinates
- 50.90636, -3.32741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shambles is a public seating structure, likely dating to the 17th century or even earlier, although significantly renewed and altered in the 19th century. It is an open timber structure with a gable-ended slate roof. The structure features end posts with tie beams supported by curved braces, pegged and bolted together. Decorative 19th-century bargeboarding, apex pinnacles, and pendants are present. Originally containing a timber counter, it now features a double wooden seat. The structure’s design is comparable to The Shambles in Shepton Mallet, which Pevsner dates to the 15th century. Uffculme's woollen industry was prominent in the 16th century, reaching its peak in the mid-18th century, and it is possible the structure dates from within this period; however, its use for dealing in wool or cloth is uncertain.
Local climate
The Shambles 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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