Range of Farmbuildings, Comprising Bank Barn with Shippon and Stables with Loft Over Approximately 15 Metres South-West of Whitefield Farmhouse (Q.V.) is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. A C19 Farm building.

Range of Farmbuildings, Comprising Bank Barn with Shippon and Stables with Loft Over Approximately 15 Metres South-West of Whitefield Farmhouse (Q.V.)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1986
Type
Farm building
OS grid reference
SS 677 418
Coordinates
51.16035, -3.89243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This range of farm buildings, dating from the mid-19th century, includes a bank barn with a shippon and stables with a loft above. It is located approximately 15 metres south-west of Whitefield Farmhouse. The buildings are constructed from shale stone rubble and feature slate roofs with gable ends, hipped on the left side projection. The bank barn is centrally positioned, with right-angled projections on either side that create a three-sided farm courtyard layout.

The structure has two storeys, with access to the first floor at the rear. The bank barn has two winnowing doors at the front and large double plank doors at the rear. A pyramidal stack of pigeon holes is situated between these doors. There are external stone steps on the right side leading to a plank door, along with four additional ground floor plank doors to the shippon on the left. All openings are topped with cambered stone arches.

The stables project from the right end of the building, featuring an additional lofted shippon in the angle. This section has two plank doors on the east side and two window openings on each side. The stables also include 6-paned windows flanking the plank door. At the left end, there is a projection with a plank door topped by a cambered stone arch, above two larger cart archways. The left archway has a double plank door, while the right is partially infilled with an inserted plank door. The range retains its original 19th-century roughly hewn roof trusses.

Local climate

Range of Farmbuildings, Comprising Bank Barn with Shippon and Stables with Loft Over Approximately 15 Metres South-West of Whitefield Farmhouse (Q.V.) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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