Outbuilding to South East of West Challacombe Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1992. Outbuilding. 1 related planning application.

Outbuilding to South East of West Challacombe Manor

WRENN ID
dark-moulding-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1992
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Outbuilding to South East of West Challacombe Manor, West Challacombe Lane, Combe Martin, North Devon, EX34 0DS
OS grid reference
SS 586 475
Coordinates
51.20949, -4.02494
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outbuilding located to the southeast of West Challacombe Manor dates from the 15th century and is designated as a Grade II listed structure. It features a south wall of the yard with the original main entrance, constructed from local stone that is roughly squared and coursed. There are two buttresses on the south side, and the entrance has a cracked stone lintel that once held a pair of doors, which are no longer present.

The layout includes a wall with an entrance to the south of the yard, with a west return creating an L-plan. There is an additional return and lean-tos facing into the yard, which contain the remains of 15th-century outbuildings to the east. The outbuildings consist of 18th and 19th-century lean-tos, built in two phases, featuring a pantile roof and timber lintels over the openings on the western half, which faces north into the yard and protects remnants of old plaster.

A return along the west side of the yard leads to the house, which is also protected by an east-facing 19th-century lean-to with a pantile roof and timber lintels over openings. The wall at the north end returns eastwards to terminate next to the southwest corner of the outbuildings. The eastern half of the wall facing north into the yard abuts the lean-to and outbuilding, which also contains 15th-century fabric.

Local climate

Outbuilding to South East of West Challacombe Manor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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