Eyecatcher Approximately 600 Metres South of Upcott House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1965. Folly.
Eyecatcher Approximately 600 Metres South of Upcott House
- WRENN ID
- sacred-joist-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1965
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- SS 543 345
- Coordinates
- 51.09134, -4.08061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eyecatcher, located approximately 600 metres south of Upcott House, is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1800. This sham Gothic ruin is constructed of stone rubble set on a rubble plinth. It features a large central opening with a segmental brick arch that has moulded imposts and remnants of brickwork above. On either side of the central quatrefoil, there are blind loop patterns consisting of two roundels. The taller flanking walls, which resemble towers, project slightly forward and each has a pair of blocked roundels positioned above and below the large blind quatrefoil. To the left, there are three brick crenellations, while one remains on the right. A low rubble wall curves away on the west side.
Local climate
Eyecatcher Approximately 600 Metres South of Upcott House 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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