Farm Buildings Forming the Farmyard to the North of Pinslow Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Farm buildings.

Farm Buildings Forming the Farmyard to the North of Pinslow Farmhouse

WRENN ID
hidden-threshold-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1986
Type
Farm buildings
OS grid reference
SX 348 901
Coordinates
50.68721, -4.33904
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farm buildings forming the farmyard to the north of Pinslow Farmhouse were built in 1863 for the Bedford Estate. They are constructed from stone rubble with brick dressings and have gabled slate roofs. The farmyard is arranged on three levels, taking advantage of the site's gradient.

To the west, there is a hay barn with large double timber doors, positioned at right angles to a two-storey building that includes a threshing loft, which was once powered by a water turbine. Adjoining the threshing loft at right angles is a two-span fattening shed that projects into the central yard, forming the north side of the farmyard. Dung was transported across the yard to the two-storey east range and was dropped into the ground floor of the dunghouse from timber platforms that extended over the pits. The southern end of the east range used to serve as a carpenters' and blacksmiths' shop. The south range features open-front cartsheds.

The farmyard remains largely unchanged since 1863 and retains all the characteristic features of the Bedford Estate farm buildings from the high farming period, including timber-lined roofs and cleverly designed adjustable ventilation slats.

Local climate

Farm Buildings Forming the Farmyard to the North of Pinslow Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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