Shippon and Barn About 15 Metres South East of Kingshead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. A C18 Shippon, barn.

Shippon and Barn About 15 Metres South East of Kingshead Farmhouse

WRENN ID
over-bronze-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 1986
Type
Shippon, barn
OS grid reference
SX 712 775
Coordinates
50.58369, -3.82042
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The shippon and barn, located about 15 metres south-east of Kingshead Farmhouse, are likely from the 18th century or earlier, with 20th-century additions on either side of the shippon and on the south-east side of the barn. Constructed from granite rubble, the buildings have a roof covered with corrugated iron. The structure is L-shaped, with the long, narrow shippon (which has a loft above) positioned at right angles to the barn.

The shippon features a doorway with a granite lintel in the north-west gable wall, facing the farmhouse, along with a ventilation slit above it. The north-east wall includes a loft door with old wrought-iron strap hinges at the right-hand end, and there is a blocked ventilation slit to the left. The south-west wall has two doors, one of which is now blocked.

The barn has a large doorway on the south-east side, featuring old plank double doors with wrought-iron strap hinges. There is also a 20th-century plank door with old hinges leading to the loft in the north-east gable wall. Inside, the barn retains old roof trusses with collars pegged to the faces of the principal rafters. In the shippon, against the north-east wall, there is a cobbled floor with a line of feeding-trough stones that have slots for tethering posts on top.

Local climate

Shippon and Barn About 15 Metres South East of Kingshead 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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