Shippon About 15 Metres South West of Bowden Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Shippon.
Shippon About 15 Metres South West of Bowden Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-roof-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Shippon
- OS grid reference
- SX 726 736
- Coordinates
- 50.54872, -3.79844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a shippon, or cattle shelter, located about 15 metres south-west of Bowden Farmhouse. It likely dates from the 18th century or early 19th century. The structure is built from granite rubble, with a roof that is partly slated and partly covered with corrugated asbestos sheets on the north-west side. There are four ventilation slits in the side wall facing the farmhouse, and an owl hole in the downhill gable. The uphill gable features a loft door. Inside, the roof trusses are designed with hung kingposts and are scissor-braced.
Local climate
Shippon About 15 Metres South West of Bowden Farmhouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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