Barn Approximately 40 Metres West South West of West Pitten Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1960. Barn.

Barn Approximately 40 Metres West South West of West Pitten Farmhouse

WRENN ID
keen-garret-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1960
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SX 581 542
Coordinates
50.37141, -3.99544
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 40 metres west-southwest of West Pitten Farmhouse, dates from the 16th or 17th century, with the north end possibly rebuilt in the 18th or 19th century using some of the original granite. It is constructed of slate rubble with granite quoins and features a slate roof that has a half-hipped north end and a gabled south end clad in corrugated iron.

The east side, which faces the yard, includes a large chamfered elliptically arched granite cart entrance, while there is no corresponding door on the west side. The west side also has a granite two-light window with hollow chamfers and ventilation slits. Additionally, there is a horse engine house from the 18th century on the west side, which has a polygonal end and a hipped roof. A 20th-century lean-to cattle shelter is present on the east side in the yard.

The original farmhouse was destroyed by fire, and this barn is part of a group of contemporary farm buildings that surround three sides of a yard. The existing farmhouse on the fourth (east) side was built in the late 19th or early 20th century and is situated near the original farmhouse's location.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 40 Metres West South West of West Pitten 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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