Outbuilding, Kitchen Garden Wall and Beeholes 30 Metres North East of Northcote Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding, Kitchen Garden Wall and Beeholes 30 Metres North East of Northcote Farmhouse

WRENN ID
eternal-pilaster-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Outbuilding
OS grid reference
SS 605 428
Coordinates
51.16818, -3.99638
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a small cylindrical rubble stone structure located in the wall of the kitchen garden, situated 30 metres northeast of Northcote Farmhouse. It features a polygonal slate roof with a thatched apex. Near the base of the inner face of the wall, there are two rows of 28 square recesses above a circle of six larger square holes, all evenly spaced. The upper parts of the wall are laid dry. This structure is possibly an ash house and dates from the 18th century, with a 20th-century roof. Additionally, there are beeholes in the kitchen garden wall adjoining this structure.

Local climate

Outbuilding, Kitchen Garden Wall and Beeholes 30 Metres North East of Northcote Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% 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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