Outbuilding Immediately to North East of Upcott Barton is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. A Medieval Outbuilding.

Outbuilding Immediately to North East of Upcott Barton

WRENN ID
fallen-dormer-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1960
Type
Outbuilding
Period
Medieval
Address
Outbuilding Immediately to North East of Upcott Barton, Sheepwash
OS grid reference
SS 476 074
Coordinates
50.84665, -4.16475
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outbuilding located immediately to the northeast of Upcott Barton is possibly a former chapel, dating from the early 15th century and remodelled in the 17th century. It features cob and rubble walls and a gable-ended slate roof. The building has a rectangular one-room plan with no evidence of a fireplace. The roof structure, ceiling beams, and first-floor window are from the 17th century, indicating that the building was remodelled during this time, possibly changing its function from a chapel to a two-storey structure.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical front. To the right of centre, there is a four-centred hollow chamfered granite medieval doorway, above which is a large inserted loading hatch. To the right of the doorway is a 17th-century three-light ovolo-moulded wooden mullion window. The left gable end features an original two-light wooden mullion window with trefoiled heads, although the dividing mullion has been removed.

Inside, the building has 17th-century roof trusses with straight principals, onto which the collars have been halved with notched lap-joints. The ceiling beams are also from the 17th century, although the first floor has been removed. This building is an unusual survival of an early non-domestic structure, with a strong suggestion that it was originally a chapel.

Local climate

Outbuilding Immediately to North East of Upcott Barton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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