Shippon About 5 Metres South of Higher Venton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. Shippon.
Shippon About 5 Metres South of Higher Venton Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- calm-rood-khaki
- 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
- Shippon
- OS grid reference
- SX 721 760
- Coordinates
- 50.57017, -3.80654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a shippon, located about 5 metres south of Higher Venton Farmhouse, and it likely dates from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed of granite rubble, although part of the front wall was rebuilt in the 20th century and rendered. The roof is covered with corrugated iron. The shippon is a single storey, with the east end lofted. The interior has been remodelled using concrete, and it features 20th-century roof timbers. There is another shippon adjoining it on the west, which is listed separately. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Shippon About 5 Metres South of Higher Venton 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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