Double Privy 15 Metres West of Coombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. A 19th century Outbuilding.
Double Privy 15 Metres West of Coombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- deep-portal-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Period
- 19th century
- OS grid reference
- SS 626 378
- Coordinates
- 51.12319, -3.96385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The double privy located 15 metres west of Coombe Farmhouse dates from the 19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a gable-fronted slate roof adorned with moulded ridge tiles. The structure is small and nearly square in shape. It has a timber doorframe that holds a four-panelled door. Inside, the walls are plastered, and there is a small oblong niche in the right side wall. The privy contains a wooden double lavatory seat and casing. It is positioned against a large farm shelter shed and spans a small, fast-flowing rivulet.
Local climate
Double Privy 15 Metres West of Coombe 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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