Linhay immediately west of Membury Court is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. A C15 Farm building.

Linhay immediately west of Membury Court

WRENN ID
haunted-minaret-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
Farm building
Address
Linhay immediately west of Membury Court, Axminster, EX13 7TL
OS grid reference
ST 263 037
Coordinates
50.82891, -3.04655
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Linhay immediately west of Membury Court is a farm building that includes a linhay and wagon shed, dating from around the 15th century on the east side and the 16th or 17th century on the west side, with later alterations.

The building is constructed from rubble stone and flint, featuring dressed stone quoins and a timber roof structure. The floors are made of cobble stone. It is rectangular in plan and oriented on an east-west axis.

The main elevation faces north and features two plank doors with strap hinges at the center. The bays to the right are open, supported by a central post. At the east end, there are stone external steps leading to a loft door, while the west end has a large rising stone buttress. The roof is covered with corrugated iron.

Inside, the building is divided by a cross wall, which is the original west end wall of the medieval linhay, extending up to loft height. To the west, there is a full-height wagon shed, and the remains of a cruck post can be seen in the rear wall. To the east of the stone cross wall, there are three face-pegged cruck posts that are part of the original roof structure, with some evidence suggesting that the upper level was built of cob. The east end features a loft with stalls on the ground floor, two secondary rubble stone partition walls, and a cobble floor. The roof includes a double ridge and four sets of purlins.

Local climate

Linhay immediately west of Membury Court receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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