Shippon Approximately 20 Metres South South East of Wrixhill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. Shippon.
Shippon Approximately 20 Metres South South East of Wrixhill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-nave-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Shippon
- OS grid reference
- SX 464 906
- Coordinates
- 50.69507, -4.17554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a shippon located approximately 20 metres south-south-east of Wrixhill Farmhouse, dating from the late 18th century. The building features cob walls that incorporate some stone rubble. The roof is a combination of slate and corrugated iron, gabled at the left end and hipped at the right. It has a rectangular plan consisting of a row of two shippons, each with separate access. The structure is single storey and has an asymmetrical front with doorways positioned to the left and right of the centre, along with one window opening on either side of the right-hand door. This shippon is part of a very traditional farm complex.
Local climate
Shippon Approximately 20 Metres South South East of Wrixhill Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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