Barn approximately 2 metres west of Frogbury Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Agricultural.

Barn approximately 2 metres west of Frogbury Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lone-lintel-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1986
Type
Agricultural
OS grid reference
SS 689 066
Coordinates
50.84429, -3.86219
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a fragment of a barn located approximately 2 meters west of Frogbury Farmhouse. It dates from the 18th century and was reduced in size in the 20th century. The structure is partly made of plastered cob and partly of exposed rubble, with some sections clad in 20th-century blockwork and covered with corrugated iron. The roof is also made of corrugated iron, which was originally thatch.

The barn faces east and features opposing doors leading to a threshing floor at the left (south) end. It likely originally extended further to the left and had central doors. At the left end of the front, there are large double doors flanked by short projecting midstrey walls. The barn's floor is elevated compared to the ground level, accessed by an external flight of stone steps. Above the doors, there are a pair of owl holes that probably once supported a hood. The right end wall was rebuilt in the 20th century. The roof consists of three bays supported by 18th-century A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars.

Despite its incomplete state, the barn is a prominent feature in the landscape of the broad valley and forms a group with the nearby Frogbury Farmhouse.

Local climate

Barn approximately 2 metres west of Frogbury Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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