Folly About 115 Metres West of Scoitor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. Folly.

Folly About 115 Metres West of Scoitor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
steep-terrace-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1955
Type
Folly
OS grid reference
SX 723 750
Coordinates
50.56079, -3.80366
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a folly located about 115 metres west of Scobitor Farmhouse, believed to have been constructed in 1868. It is made of granite rubble and features a saucer-shaped, cement-rendered roof. The structure consists of a short round tower, which may have been reduced in height, and it stands on a natural outcrop of rock. The folly includes a doorway and five windows of varying sizes, with two windows still showing remnants of wooden frames. Inside, there is a thick, round stone pillar at the center, from which heavy granite lintels extend to support the granite roof. This information comes from the owners of the house, based on a sale catalogue from 1929.

Local climate

Folly About 115 Metres West of Scoitor 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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