Kitchen Garden Walls Immediately North of Downton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Garden walls. 5 related planning applications.
Kitchen Garden Walls Immediately North of Downton Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fallow-corridor-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Garden walls
- Address
- Kitchen Garden Walls Immediately North of Downton Farmhouse, Dittisham, TQ6 0JD
- OS grid reference
- SX 853 532
- Coordinates
- 50.36786, -3.61329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These kitchen garden walls, likely dating to the 18th century, are situated immediately north of Downton Farmhouse. Constructed of slate rubble, they stand approximately 2 to 3 metres high and enclose an irregular rectangular garden. The walls are largely intact, although a wide gateway has been created on the north side. They follow the higher north land boundary of Downton Farmhouse.
Local climate
Kitchen Garden Walls Immediately North of Downton Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% 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 0.2°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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