Outbuilding About 15 Metres North-West of Kelly Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. A C17 Outbuilding.

Outbuilding About 15 Metres North-West of Kelly Farmhouse

WRENN ID
third-portal-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1986
Type
Outbuilding
OS grid reference
SX 792 818
Coordinates
50.62383, -3.70887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This outbuilding, located about 15 metres north-west of Kelly Farmhouse, dates back to the 17th century and was formerly a farmhouse. It is constructed of granite rubble with a layer of cob under the eaves, and is partly covered with roughcast. The roof is made of corrugated iron, and there is a large granite ashlar chimneystack at the centre of the ridge. The right-hand gable features a projecting, corbelled stack made of granite ashlar on the second storey.

The building has a three-room and through-passage plan, although the rear door has been blocked. The hall stack backs onto the passage. It is two storeys high and has a three-window front with remnants of 19th-century wooden casements. A flight of granite steps on the right gable leads to a doorway in the upper storey, which is likely a later addition.

While the interior was not inspected, a report from 1969 notes that the hall contains a double-ovolo moulded beam with scroll-stops. The fireplace features hollow-moulded stone jambs with rounded pyramid stops, and the lower room has a half-beam with straight-cut stops. Two early trusses with threaded purlins are still present, although the lower parts of the principal rafters are concealed by plaster. A 1980 report mentions a small second-storey fireplace in the right-hand gable, which is blocked, but its wooden lintel is curved on the underside, and the jambs are covered with hard grey plaster that has wide incisions to imitate masonry, a rare feature possibly dating from the mid-17th century. According to the owners, little has changed inside since these reports.

Local climate

Outbuilding About 15 Metres North-West of Kelly Farmhouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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