Barn and Shippon Approximately 20 Metres to South West of West Lee Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Barn, stable.

Barn and Shippon Approximately 20 Metres to South West of West Lee Farmhouse

WRENN ID
upper-string-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1988
Type
Barn, stable
OS grid reference
SS 816 268
Coordinates
51.02842, -3.68931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a barn and shippon located approximately 20 meters southwest of West Lee Farmhouse. It dates from the mid to late 18th century, with some alterations made in the late 19th century. The structure is made of cob on a high stone rubble plinth and has been partly rebuilt using coursed stone rubble with brick dressings. The roof is covered with corrugated iron, sloping down and hipped over the end of the barn.

The barn features a four-bay design with opposed cart entrances located in the second bay from the north. The shippon is attached to the north and was likely built in two stages, as indicated by a straight joint on the front. The site slopes down to the south, and the shippon is a single storey.

On the exterior, the barn has a cart entrance on the right, which consists of a pair of large boarded doors flanked by projecting semi-circular piers, with a similar pier at the right-hand end. To the left, there is a boarded loft opening with double boarded doors. The shippon to the right has a pair of boarded doors and two window openings, all featuring wooden lintels. There is also a boarded loft door with a wooden lintel in the right-hand gable end.

Inside, the barn contains 20th-century principal-rafter collar trusses, while the shippon has rough-hewn cross beams, with their ends visible in the front wall, and 20th-century sawn joists.

Local climate

Barn and Shippon Approximately 20 Metres to South West of West Lee Farmhouse receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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