Linhay Approximately 20 Metres West of Widhayes Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1966. Agricultural building.
Linhay Approximately 20 Metres West of Widhayes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- outer-mortar-crow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1966
- Type
- Agricultural building
- OS grid reference
- ST 003 145
- Coordinates
- 50.92133, -3.41912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This linhay, dating from the mid-17th century, is located approximately 20 metres west of Widhayes Farmhouse in Uplowman. It is constructed from local stone rubble and features a corrugated iron roof, which was originally thatch. The linhay has 11 open bays and is oriented roughly north-south, facing the farm courtyard to the east.
The crossbeams that support the hayloft floor are tusk-tenoned into full-height front posts, which rest on stone pads, following Alcock's linhay Type Tl design. The oak beams and posts are chamfered and include scroll stops. The posts are arranged in a hammer beam style to support the outer principals of the A-frame truss roof, which has pegged lap-jointed collars. The roof is hipped at both ends.
The high-quality finish of this linhay sets it apart from most other similar structures in Devon. It is also part of a group with Widhayes Farmhouse and the other farm buildings in the area.
Local climate
Linhay Approximately 20 Metres West of Widhayes Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Linhay Approximately 80 Metres East of Falkedon Farmhouse (South)
- 2 Linhay Approximately 3 Metres South East of Scorlinch Farmhouse
- 3 Linhay Approximately 10 Metres South West of Lower Chilverton
- 4 Linhay Approximately 5 Metres West of Middle Middlecott Farmhouse
- 5 Linhay Approximately 12 Metres South West of Gatehouse to Middle Coombe Farmhouse
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings