2 Ranges of Farmbuildings Immediately North of Higher Thornton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Farm buildings.
2 Ranges of Farmbuildings Immediately North of Higher Thornton Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twisted-rubblework-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Farm buildings
- Address
- 2 Ranges of Farmbuildings Immediately North of Higher Thornton Farmhouse, Kenn
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 834
- Coordinates
- 50.64113, -3.52627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two ranges of outbuildings, built around 1850 and likely contemporary with Higher Thornton Farmhouse, are located immediately north of the farmhouse. They are constructed of red sandstone with brick dressings that match the farmhouse's rear elevation, and feature slate roofs that are gabled at the ends.
The layout consists of two adjoining ranges that form a yard at the back of the farmhouse, arranged at right angles to each other. The north range is built into the slope of the land and includes loft access at the rear. The south block, which is single-storey on the right side, has undergone some alterations but remains partly open-fronted and features a chimney stack.
On the exterior, the north block has three bays and includes external steps on the right corner leading to a loft door, as well as a second loft door at the left end of the south block. The ground floor has a doorway at the left end and one four-light window. The first floor contains one two-light window and one three-light window.
The south block is two-storey at the left end, with one ground floor door on the right, a two-light window, and two two-light windows on the first floor, in addition to the loft doorway. The single-storey section on the left is open fronted, supported by iron posts, similar to the lean-to on the rear of the farmhouse. The right end has been infilled with brick and features a doorway on the right.
Local climate
2 Ranges of Farmbuildings Immediately North of Higher Thornton Farmhouse receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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