Folly About 100 Metres East of Oldstone is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Folly.

Folly About 100 Metres East of Oldstone

WRENN ID
fossil-plaster-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1991
Type
Folly
OS grid reference
SX 818 517
Coordinates
50.35408, -3.66278
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a folly located about 100 metres east of Oldstone, likely dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from local slate rubble with freestone dressings and is designed in the form of a barbican. The front wall serves as a retaining wall for an earth mound behind it. The wall features a canted centre with arrow loops on each of its three sides, and the lower flanking walls are ramped up to the central part, which returns on either side to support the earth mound. The central canted tower has a chamfered stone plinth.

Local climate

Folly About 100 Metres East of Oldstone receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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