Barn Approximately 20 Metres East of Dira Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Barn.

Barn Approximately 20 Metres East of Dira Farmhouse

WRENN ID
hushed-hinge-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SS 849 055
Coordinates
50.83788, -3.63578
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a double barn located approximately 20 meters east of Dira Farmhouse, likely dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It features plastered cob on exposed rubble footings and has a thatched roof. The barn consists of two sections set end to end, each with central opposing full-height double doors. The west side, facing the farmyard, includes a 19th-century rubble-built lean-to at the left end, a 20th-century boarded lean-to between the two doors, and a small door at the right end. The right barn has slightly projecting midstrey walls, while the left barn's midstrey walls are only partly intact. The left barn door is adorned with strap hinges that have fleur de lys finials. The eaves are lowered over the midstreys and the central portion of the wall between the barns. The roof is half-hipped on the left side and gabled on the right. At the rear (east), both doors feature slight projecting midstrey walls. Each barn has a 5-bay roof supported by A-frames with pegged lap-jointed collars, and they were originally separated by a cob crosswall that has since been removed.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 20 Metres East of Dira Farmhouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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