Calf House 8 Metres North-East of West Underdown Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Calf house.
Calf House 8 Metres North-East of West Underdown Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- other-spindle-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Calf house
- OS grid reference
- SX 705 913
- Coordinates
- 50.70725, -3.83475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Calf House, located 8 metres northeast of West Underdown Farmhouse, is a building likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of cob on stone rubble footings, which include some large granite boulders, and features a corrugated iron roof that was formerly thatched. The building has a plan that includes a hayloft over the main structure, facing southeast, with the back of the building terraced into the slope.
On the front, towards the left, there is a doorway with a hayloft loading hatch directly above it. To the right, near the top, is a beebole. Additionally, there is another hayloft loading hatch at the rear, which is accessed directly from the terrace. The roof is hipped at both ends. Inside, the building displays plain carpentry details, including A-frame roof trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars.
Local climate
Calf House 8 Metres North-East of West Underdown Farmhouse 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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