Outbuilding About 20 Metres North East of Sherwell Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding About 20 Metres North East of Sherwell Farmhouse

WRENN ID
nether-tallow-curlew
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
Outbuilding
OS grid reference
SX 678 749
Coordinates
50.55904, -3.86636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an outbuilding, formerly a longhouse, located about 20 metres north-east of Sherwell Farmhouse. It is possibly medieval in origin and was extended to the north-west in the 18th or 19th century, and to the south-east in the 20th century. There is a lean-to at the rear from the 19th century, which was also extended in the 20th century. The building is constructed of granite rubble, with a hipped roof at the north-west end covered in corrugated iron.

The layout includes a single room on the right, which shows no signs of a fireplace, and a shippon on the left with front and back doors opposite each other, adjacent to the former house section. The building is one storey high with a loft. The front door features a porch made of two large granite slabs with a third slab as a roof; the left side-piece rests on a rough boulder, and both side-pieces have smaller stones at the top, likely intended to support the roof. To the right of the porch is another door with a wooden lintel, which is probably a later addition, and next to it is an old slit window. On the left side of the porch, there are two small windows that are larger than the slit window. The left extension has a pair of large double doors, and just below the eaves to the left of these doors are six pigeon holes.

Inside, the loft floor beams and roof are from the 20th century, and the shippon features a roughly made drain down the centre, which is of uncertain age.

Local climate

Outbuilding About 20 Metres North East of Sherwell Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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