Shippen Approximately 30 Metres South West of West Sherford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Shippen.

Shippen Approximately 30 Metres South West of West Sherford Farmhouse

WRENN ID
hushed-keystone-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1984
Type
Shippen
OS grid reference
SX 548 534
Coordinates
50.36292, -4.04216
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a shippen, which is a type of agricultural building, located approximately 30 metres south west of West Sherford Farmhouse. It dates from the 18th century or earlier. The structure is made of stone rubble and features a corrugated asbestos roof with both hipped and gabled ends. It has two storeys, with shippen doors on the ground floor and a hay loft door above. The left-hand (south east) loft door is accessed by external stone stairs. The right-hand (south west) end has a very small moulded granite slit window. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Shippen Approximately 30 Metres South West of West Sherford Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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