Ashleigh Barton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Ashleigh Barton Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lone-arch-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 February 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Ashleigh Barton Farmhouse, Ashleigh Lane, Bickleigh, PL5 4LH
OS grid reference
SX 475 625
Coordinates
50.44252, -4.14795
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashleigh Barton Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 16th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with granite dressings and features an asbestos slate roof, with the northern half having hipped and gabled ends. The building has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys high, with a range of four windows. Most of the windows are 19th-century casements with timber lintels.

On the left side of the ground floor, there is a granite 2-light chamfered window frame with a hoodmould. A similar 3-light window is located on the south side and in the wing. To the right of the centre, there is a moulded granite doorway with a 4-centred arch leading to a cross passage. This doorway features carved quatrefoil spandrels and a hoodmould with carved steps. An external stone chimneystack is positioned on the front to the left of centre. The farmhouse includes a truncated gabled wing to the left (northeast) and a single-storey gabled wing at the centre, along with a gabled stair wing on the south side.

Inside, the ground floor east room has a moulded plaster overmantel depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac, complete with relief figures. The fireplace below this overmantel is blocked. There is also a moulded granite chimneypiece associated with a blocked fireplace on the north side of the former hall. A 17th-century dogleg staircase in the northeast wing features thick turned balusters, chamfered newels, and a closed string. On the first floor, there are two moulded wooden doorframes with carved steps.

Local climate

Ashleigh Barton Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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