Outbuilding Approximately 10 Metres to South-West of Sowton is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. A C17 Outbuilding.
Outbuilding Approximately 10 Metres to South-West of Sowton
- WRENN ID
- outer-step-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Outbuilding
- OS grid reference
- SX 503 659
- Coordinates
- 50.47409, -4.11076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an outbuilding located approximately 10 metres to the south-west of Sowton, likely dating from the 17th century. It features granite rubble walls with large granite quoins and a gable-ended rag slate roof. The building has a single room plan, although its original purpose is unclear. It is a single storey structure with an asymmetrical facade, which includes a 4-centred arched chamfered granite doorway positioned to the right of centre. There is also a slit opening in the right gable end.
Local climate
Outbuilding Approximately 10 Metres to South-West of Sowton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No sale records on file
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