Barton Farmhouse and Attached Barn to North is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Barton Farmhouse and Attached Barn to North

WRENN ID
forbidden-wicket-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Barton Farmhouse and Attached Barn to North, Highampton, EX21 5NX
OS grid reference
SS 487 055
Coordinates
50.82956, -4.14946
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Barton Farmhouse, along with its attached barn to the north, dates back to the 17th century, possibly with earlier origins, and features a later addition from the 18th or 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of rendered cob walls, with a thatch roof gabled at the left end, hipped at the right, and a gabled slate roof over the front wing. It has an axial brick stack and a projecting rendered rubble stack at the gable end of the wing. Originally, the farmhouse likely had a three-room plan with a through passage, but the lower end on the left was rebuilt as a long barn in the 18th century. A hall stack is located at the inner end, and a kitchen wing was probably added to the front of the inner room around the late 18th or 19th century. The two-storey asymmetrical front has a two-window arrangement, with a long barn to the lower left. It has early 20th-century two-light casement windows, and the projecting wing to the right has a similar window. A 20th-century lean-to porch sits in front of the house, with a plank door. The barn has a central cart entrance. Inside, the hall fireplace has a chamfered wooden lintel, and ceiling beams are likely concealed. Roof trusses are not visible but may be of interest.

Local climate

Barton Farmhouse and Attached Barn to North sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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