Bee Boles Approximately 4 Metres South of Batworthy Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Bee boles.

Bee Boles Approximately 4 Metres South of Batworthy Mill

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Type
Bee boles
OS grid reference
SX 713 851
Coordinates
50.65208, -3.82124
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A row of eight bee boles is located approximately 4 metres south of Batworthy Mill. Likely dating from the 19th century, these bee boles are constructed from slabs of roughly dressed granite, which are set into a granite stone rubble wall. The bee boles are arranged in square niches on the south face of a low curving garden wall and were once used for housing bee skeps. This is an unusually large number of bee boles for Devon, making them not only attractive but also significant.

Local climate

Bee Boles Approximately 4 Metres South of Batworthy Mill receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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