Small Outbuilding Approximately 8 Metres East of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Outbuilding.

Small Outbuilding Approximately 8 Metres East of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sharp-lime-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1987
Type
Outbuilding
OS grid reference
SX 709 824
Coordinates
50.62783, -3.82563
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This small outbuilding, likely a pair of pig-sties, dates from the 18th century and is located approximately 8 metres east of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse. It is constructed of coursed granite rubble, featuring some larger dressed blocks and dressed granite quoins with chamfered edges at the corners. The building has a gable-ended corrugated iron roof and a rectangular plan that has probably always been divided into two compartments.

The structure is single-storey, with an original doorway on the left side of the north wall, framed by dressed granite blocks and a lintel. To the right of this doorway, there is a small recess framed by larger blocks, although there is no indication of its purpose inside. Another doorway is located on the left side of the right gable, also framed by dressed granite blocks. Adjacent to this doorway, a deep granite trough projects partway up the wall, with a recess above it. Above and to the right of this door is a ventilation light or owl hole. The left gable end features an original granite-framed window opening.

Inside, the building contains a stone dividing wall that extends partway up the walls, with a shallow granite trough in each compartment. There is also a blocked window located halfway up the rear wall.

Local climate

Small Outbuilding Approximately 8 Metres East of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 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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