Riverton Farmhouse, Including Former Stables at Left End is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Farmhouse, stables.
Riverton Farmhouse, Including Former Stables at Left End
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-postern-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse, stables
- Address
- Riverton Farmhouse, Including Former Stables at Left End, Yeoland Lane, Swimbridge
- OS grid reference
- SS 637 300
- Coordinates
- 51.0534, -3.94579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Riverton Farmhouse, which includes former stables at the left end, is a farmhouse and attached stables that likely date from the 17th century, although earlier features may be hidden. The building has been altered in the 20th century and is constructed of painted rendered stone and cob. The farmhouse has a slate roof with gable ends, while the former stables have a corrugated iron roof. At the rear of the farmhouse, there is a lateral rubble stack with offsets that has been heightened in brick.
The farmhouse follows a 3-room cross-passage plan and is two storeys high with a five-window range. On the left end of the main range, there is a 19th-century two-light casement window with three panes per light. The right end features two gabled half dormers with sash windows that have margin glazing bars. In the centre, there is an early 19th-century casement window with two panes in the left side light and six panes in the right. There are also four pigeon holes at the left end. The off-centre doorway has a 20th-century door and is enclosed in a 20th-century lean-to extension.
The former stables have a doorway with a cambered brick arch at the left end and a two-light casement window. To the right of a blocked doorway, there is a 17th-century two-light timber window with a chamfered surround, although the mullion has been replaced. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Riverton Farmhouse, Including Former Stables at Left End sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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