Shippon Directly North West 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. Shippon.

Shippon Directly North West of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
bitter-beam-blackthorn
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
Shippon
Address
Shippon Directly North West of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse, North Bovey, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 709 825
Coordinates
50.62809, -3.82608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a shippon, likely dating from the 17th century, located directly north-west of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse. The structure features granite ashlar at the left and right ends of the south-east face, extending partially across the gable ends, with a small section of ashlar to the left of the center. The remainder of the building is constructed from granite rubble and has a corrugated iron roof with gable ends.

It has a long rectangular plan, currently divided into three parts by stone walls that may have been added later, with storage lofts above. The shippon is two storeys high. The south-east face includes what is likely the original doorway towards the left end, which has a dressed stone surround that is integral with the ashlar stonework. The lintel consists of three stones, including a taller central keystone. To the right of the doorway, there is a ventilation slit, and two doorways towards the right end, with a possible blocked doorway to the left of them that now incorporates a window opening with a loading doorway above.

In the left gable end, there is a loading doorway with an earlier blocked granite-framed opening just below it to the right. Inside, the central room has a blocked doorway in the rear wall opposite the front wall. The right-hand room features a heavy cross beam with a worn chamfer, which forks just before it reaches the front wall.

Local climate

Shippon Directly North West 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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