Shelter Sheds and Barn Adjoining Coles Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 October 1984. Shelter sheds and barn.

Shelter Sheds and Barn Adjoining Coles Cottage

WRENN ID
leaning-threshold-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 October 1984
Type
Shelter sheds and barn
OS grid reference
ST 141 352
Coordinates
51.11048, -3.22754
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The shelter sheds and barn adjoining Coles Cottage are located in Flaxpool, Crowcombe, and are likely from the late 18th century. The shelter sheds are constructed from red sandstone random rubble and feature a double Roman tiled roof that is hipped at the junction with Coles Cottage. The structure has an L-plan with five bays, three of which have round stone piers, while the others are supported by wooden posts. The west side returns with six bays that have similar stone piers and one wooden support. The threshing barn is situated on the east side of the fold yard, also made of red sandstone random rubble, and has a corrugated iron roof with double doors. It is connected at the northeast corner by a thatched, single bay building that includes a stable door. The listing emphasizes the group value of these structures with Coles Cottage.

Local climate

Shelter Sheds and Barn Adjoining Coles Cottage receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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