Barn and Yard Wall of Bowd Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Barn. 2 related planning applications.
Barn and Yard Wall of Bowd Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- worn-plinth-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1973
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn and Yard Wall of Bowd Farmhouse, Sidmouth, EX10 0ND
- OS grid reference
- SY 106 900
- Coordinates
- 50.70278, -3.26613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a thatched cob barn, dating to 1633, which forms part of a yard wall enclosing two sides of the yard. The barn has new brick end walls. The yard wall is constructed of cob with a thatched coping. The barn and yard wall are part of a group of buildings including the Bowd Inn, Bowd Cottage, and Bowd Farmhouse.
Local climate
Barn and Yard Wall of Bowd Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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