Range of Farmbuildings Adjoining Southwood Farmhouse to the South West is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Farmbuilding.

Range of Farmbuildings Adjoining Southwood Farmhouse to the South West

WRENN ID
twisted-gateway-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1989
Type
Farmbuilding
OS grid reference
SS 616 206
Coordinates
50.96899, -3.9716
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A range of farmbuildings, dating from the mid to late 19th century, with later 19th or early 20th century additions, and minor late 20th century alterations. The buildings are constructed from snecked squared stone rubble and uncoursed stone rubble, with some rendered cob on a rubble plinth; later parts feature red brick dressings. They have gable-ended roofs covered in Welsh slate.

The original plan is a linear range facing a farmyard to the north-east and north-west, with a former outbuilding, likely a stable, adjoining the farmhouse to the south-east. This section was converted into a kitchen in the late 20th century. A range of five former pigstys adjoins at right angles to the rear. To the right, a further range extends at right angles, incorporating a former shippon (or possibly a stable) to the left, a central linhay, and a later 19th-century shippon (possibly formerly a stable) to the right. This final section has opposed central doorways and a wing projecting to the rear of the right-hand end.

The buildings are mostly one storey with a loft. The former stable adjoining the house has a pair of 19th-century two-light wooden windows with dressed stone segmental arches and a central plank door within a similar arched surround. The adjacent range has a former shippon/stable with a central window set within a stone segmental arch, flanked by plank doors also within stone segmental arches. The central linhay (partially obscured by a 20th-century corrugated iron addition) has a 20th-century window and a plank door with a wooden lintel to the right. The later 19th-century shippon has a pair of two-light wooden casements, with brick segmental arches above, flanking a central plank door, again within a brick segmental arch. A plank loft door with a brick segmental arch is set in the right-hand gable end. The rear wing features a pair of large boarded doors under a brick segmental arch.

These farmbuildings are part of a larger farmstead group, which includes Southwood Farmhouse and a barn with an adjoining horse-engine house.

Local climate

Range of Farmbuildings Adjoining Southwood Farmhouse to the South West receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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