Barn and Shippon Adjoining South Hole Farmhouse on North and East Side is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Barn, shippon.

Barn and Shippon Adjoining South Hole Farmhouse on North and East Side

WRENN ID
buried-string-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1985
Type
Barn, shippon
OS grid reference
SS 457 388
Coordinates
51.12852, -4.2057
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn and shippon adjoining South Hole Farmhouse date from the 18th century or earlier, with the horse-engine house added in the 19th century. The barn features roughly dressed stone at the left end, while the rest is constructed of stone and cob, topped with a hipped slate roof. The shippon is built of rubble and also has a slate roof. The barn and shippon are arranged in an L-shape, with the left gable end of the shippon adjoining the farmhouse, creating two sides of a rear courtyard.

The barn includes a large doorway with a chamfered surround and run-out stops, featuring original double plank doors that lead to the threshing floor. The horse-engine house projects at right angles above the doorway and has splayed ends, with a massive horizontal winding beam still in place. The roof trusses of the barn have been replaced. The shippon has two plank doors on the left side and five stable doors on the right.

Local climate

Barn and Shippon Adjoining South Hole Farmhouse on North and East Side 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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