Shippon About 10 Metres South West of Oldsbrim Farmhouse, Including the Stone Wall Extending Across the Lower End of the Farmyard 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 10 Metres South West of Oldsbrim Farmhouse, Including the Stone Wall Extending Across the Lower End of the Farmyard

WRENN ID
strange-floor-torch
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 688 734
Coordinates
50.54592, -3.85297
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The shippon, located about 10 metres south-west of Oldsbrim Farmhouse, likely dates from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed from granite rubble and has a roof covered with corrugated iron. The east wall, which faces the farmhouse, features a small doorway with a granite lintel on the left and a larger doorway with a 20th-century wooden lintel on the right, both equipped with old plank doors. The gable wall facing the road has three ventilation slits at ground level, now glazed, with a roughly-made drain outlet beneath them. Above, there is a larger opening, likely a former loft door, also covered with corrugated iron and featuring a granite lintel. The interior appears to lack notable features, although a central drain may be present beneath debris on the floor. The rear wall shows evidence of having been raised internally. At the right-hand end of the shippon, there is a granite lean-to with a corrugated iron roof, which includes at least two upright granite posts. Additionally, a high-quality wall made of coursed granite rubble runs at right angles from the left-hand end of the front wall of the shippon. The left-hand end, approximately 2.5 metres high, has a row of concrete-block buildings, likely pigsties, on the farmyard side, which probably replaced an earlier structure.

Local climate

Shippon About 10 Metres South West of Oldsbrim Farmhouse, Including the Stone Wall Extending Across the Lower End of the Farmyard receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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