Barn Approximately 20 Metres South of Westcott Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Barn. 1 related planning application.
Barn Approximately 20 Metres South of Westcott Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- pitched-cinder-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn Approximately 20 Metres South of Westcott Farmhouse, EX5 5LZ
- OS grid reference
- SY 030 933
- Coordinates
- 50.73172, -3.37532
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 18th-century threshing barn located approximately 20 metres south of Westcott Farmhouse. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings and features a thatched roof. The barn has full height doorways in the centre of each long wall, with the rear (southern) doorway being blocked. The front doorway is fitted with 19th-century double plank doors and is flanked by short projecting midstrey walls. The roof is hipped at both ends, and the central section extends a short distance over the doorway as a hood. Inside, the barn is open from the ground to the roof, showcasing a 3-bay roof structure supported by A-frame trusses with pegged and nailed lap-jointed collars and X-apexes.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 20 Metres South of Westcott Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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