Shippon Approximately 7 Metres North-East of East Coombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. A C17 Shippon.

Shippon Approximately 7 Metres North-East of East Coombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Type
Shippon
OS grid reference
SX 684 871
Coordinates
50.66918, -3.86333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a shippon located approximately 7 metres north-east of East Coombe Farmhouse, dating from the mid to late 17th century, with possibly earlier origins. It features parts made of coursed blocks of granite ashlar, mostly granite stone rubble, and some cob on the tops of the walls. The roof is covered with corrugated iron, which was formerly thatch.

The shippon is built into a hillside, facing north, and has a plan that includes a hayloft. The north side has a doorway at the left (east) end with a 19th-century stable-type door. To the right of this doorway is a slit window, and at the right end, there is an inserted feeding hatch, both of which are behind a secondary lean-to structure. Originally constructed as a pigsty, the building has been converted into an implement store by blocking the front doorways and creating an opening at the left end.

The main roof is gable-ended, with the left gable end uphill, featuring a hayloft loading hatch for easy access from the terrace. The right gable end has a central 20th-century casement window inserted into the former dung hatch, flanked by slit windows, and another slit window in the gable for the hayloft. Below, there are three blocked drain holes that used to empty into a granite-lined leat nearby. The interior includes 17th-century plain carpentry details, featuring a three-bay roof supported by A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars.

Local climate

Shippon Approximately 7 Metres North-East of East Coombe Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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