Yard Cottage and Adjoining Farmbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1988. Farmbuilding.

Yard Cottage and Adjoining Farmbuilding

WRENN ID
seventh-bailey-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1988
Type
Farmbuilding
OS grid reference
SX 854 846
Coordinates
50.65044, -3.62148
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yard Cottage and the adjoining farmbuilding are located in Higher Ashton and date back to the mid to late 17th century, with the cottage conversion occurring in the 20th century. The structure is built from granite rubble and features a slate roof that is gabled at both ends.

The building faces north into the farmyard, with its rear wall adjacent to the road through Higher Ashton, showing evidence of a former main entrance to Place Barton at the west end. The right side of the building is used as a lofted farmbuilding, while the left side has been converted into a cottage.

The exterior consists of a two-storey cottage and a lofted farmbuilding, which includes a large hollow-chamfered doorway. On the right return, a large moulded granite jamb remains, likely part of what was once a granite archway.

The interior of the cottage has not been inspected, but the farmbuilding features a roof constructed with jointed cruck. This building is important to the setting of Place Barton and forms part of the site's perimeter.

Local climate

Yard Cottage and Adjoining Farmbuilding receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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