Linhay To The North East Of North Bulcombe Farmhouse

This linhay, located to the northeast of North Bulcombe Farmhouse, is probably from the 18th century. It is built of stone rubble and cob, topped with a tiled roof that is hipped at the left end and connects to a second linhay on the right. The exterior features a seven-bay lofted design with rectangular stone rubble piers reaching up to the loft floor level, with weatherboarding and corrugated iron placed between the piers. The open-fronted loft has a distinctive construction style: the outward-leaning posts are morticed into the crossbeams and secured to short horizontal posts at the top, with the rafters positioned in the angle formed by the outward-leaning and horizontal timbers. Inside, there are pegged collar rafter roof trusses with halved collars. This linhay is an unusual farm building and has group value with North Bulcombe Farmhouse.