Barn Approximately 30 Metres North of Moorpit Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Barn.
Barn Approximately 30 Metres North of Moorpit Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- deep-mortar-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1988
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- ST 251 072
- Coordinates
- 50.86015, -3.06495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 30 metres north of Moorpit Farmhouse, was built in 1846 by Sir Francis Drake. It features roughly-shaped blocks of flint arranged in courses, with Hamstone ashlar details and a slate roof. The barn is oriented to face south-south-east and includes opposing central doorways leading to the threshing floor. The front doorway is not full height and likely contains the original double doors. Above this doorway is a Hamstone plaque inscribed with "TTFE Drake, Bart, 1846." The roof has gable ends with shaped kneelers, coping, and ball finials on the gables. There is a hayloft loading hatch on the right (east) end. The interior has not been inspected. Sir Francis Drake was known as an improving landlord, and many of the farmhouses and farm buildings on his Yarcombe estate were rebuilt to a high standard in the mid-19th century. While there are several similar barns on the estate, this one is considered the best example.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 30 Metres North of Moorpit Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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