Old House and Adjoining Shippen and Barn to North West of Portworthy Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. House, farm building.
Old House and Adjoining Shippen and Barn to North West of Portworthy Farm House
- WRENN ID
- night-quartz-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- House, farm building
- OS grid reference
- SX 554 602
- Coordinates
- 50.42395, -4.03667
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old House, used as a farm building, dates from the early 17th century with later alterations and extensions from the 17th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a slate roof with hipped and gabled ends. The building is L-shaped and has two storeys. It features one 2-light and one 3-light hollow-chamfered granite mullion window. The roof sweeps down over a projecting central porch, which has a stair projection to the left. There is a later 17th-century gabled bay at the south-west (rear) corner. A large central chimneystack backs onto a cross passage, which has a door at the front only. There is a reset ovolo moulded door-frame at the south end. A late 17th-century wing to the south-east includes a large stack at the gable end and likely has a contemporary lean-to in the angle with the main range. The adjoining shippen has been largely rebuilt in the 18th or 19th century, but some earlier walls remain at the north-west end. Inside, the central chimneystack has a fireplace with granite jambs and a stopped chamfer timber lintel. The hall features stopped and chamfered ceiling beams, and there is a fireplace in the room above the hall with a large granite lintel and corbels. The newel stairs have been replaced with concrete. The barn, which adjoins at right angles to the north-west, is also made of stone rubble and has a slate roof.
Local climate
Old House and Adjoining Shippen and Barn to North West of Portworthy Farm House 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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