Plaistow Barton is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Plaistow Barton
- WRENN ID
- north-pillar-jay
- 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
- Plaistow Barton, Shirwell, EX31 4LF
- OS grid reference
- SS 575 382
- Coordinates
- 51.12591, -4.03631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A 17th-century farmhouse with a mid-19th-century wing, forming a T-shaped layout. It was heavily restored in the mid-20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of rendered stone rubble with a cob-slate roof and gable ends. Originally, it likely comprised three rooms, with a blocked passage and an upper end that has been demolished. There is an off-centre brick stack and a stack at the lower gable end. The farmhouse has two storeys, and the window openings have been altered, featuring 20th-century casements. Rebuilding of the rear wall displays uneven wall surfaces. The interior has been largely altered; however, surviving plasterwork overmantel includes strapwork decoration, a Pegasus in a central roundel, and a cartouche dated 1679, initialled ILPL. Timber panelling is located below, and other panelling is reputedly in The Three Tuns, Barnstaple.
Local climate
Plaistow Barton 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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