Kennacott Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Farmhouse.

Kennacott Farmhouse

WRENN ID
final-sentry-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Kennacott Farmhouse, Marwood
OS grid reference
SS 561 374
Coordinates
51.11814, -4.05683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kennacott Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse constructed of colour washed stone and plastered cob. It features a gable-end slate roof with an axial brick stack and has a three-cell cross or through passage plan, along with a small room added at the lower end. The building is two storeys high and has a five-window range. On the first floor, there are two three-light timber casements on the left and three two-light casements on the right, all with glazing bars. The left-hand three windows have three panes per light, while the right side has six panes per light.

The farmhouse has a set-off stone porch with a slated gable roof, and a square-headed ovolo moulded doorway that contains an ancient framed and ledged door with cover strips. To the left of the door, there is a square window opening with a three-light timber window featuring three panes per sash. On either side of the three-light timber casement, there are two two-light casements, each with six panes per light on the right side. At the rear, there is a stone outshut that includes two four-paned windows on each side of a stable door at the upper end.

To the right of the outshut, three round stone pillars with infill suggest the former presence of a single-storey linhay. A three-light ovolo moulded window is located on the first floor at the rear. The roof of the washing house is higher and has a brick stack, while there is a blocked stair and turret at the lower end. The roof at the lower end has been raised in cob to create level eaves, and this gable is blind except for a small boarded opening. Inside, there is a chamfered doorframe in the rear outshut and chamfered ceiling beams in the hall, which feature rough scroll stops. Another chamfered beam can be found in the inner room.

Local climate

Kennacott 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 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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