5 Drinking Troughs and 2 Shelters for Quarry Traffic Approximately 15 Metres North West of Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Quarry infrastructure.
5 Drinking Troughs and 2 Shelters for Quarry Traffic Approximately 15 Metres North West of Hill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lunar-newel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Quarry infrastructure
- OS grid reference
- SS 581 311
- Coordinates
- 51.06255, -4.02515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This structure consists of five drinking troughs and two shelters for quarry traffic, built in the 19th century. It is made of random stone rubble and forms a retaining wall to a steeply rising bank behind it. Located near the brow of a hill by the roadside, it connects the Venn quarries to the Barnstaple/South Molton Road. The five narrow drinking holes are staggered down the slope, providing access to a channelled stream. The uppermost hole features an iron door, while the lower ones have large stone lintels and sills with rounded backs. At the lower end, there are two basket arches leading to the shelter entrances, constructed with rough stone voussoirs. Additionally, there are three niches at ground level in the outer wall of the shelter at the right end.
Local climate
5 Drinking Troughs and 2 Shelters for Quarry Traffic Approximately 15 Metres North West of Hill Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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