Barn, Stables and Linhays Approximately 8 Metres West of Thorne is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Barn, stables, linhay.

Barn, Stables and Linhays Approximately 8 Metres West of Thorne

WRENN ID
vacant-flagstone-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1986
Type
Barn, stables, linhay
OS grid reference
SS 736 002
Coordinates
50.7881, -3.79388
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a barn, stables, and linhays dating from the 17th century, with some repairs from the 19th century. It features partly-plastered cob on rubble footings, with some areas mended using 19th-century brick and rubble. The roof is made of corrugated iron, which replaced the original thatch. The structure is L-shaped, with each section facing a farm courtyard.

The north-facing range includes a pair of stables with two central doorways, unglazed outer windows, and two first-floor loading hatches, along with a three-bay linhay to the left. The east-facing range contains a small barn with large opposing doorways leading to the threshing floor, positioned left of center, and is flanked by linhays—two bays to the left (south) and three bays to the right. The stable roof has a hipped end, while the main range is gable-ended.

All linhays are constructed similarly, following Alcock's Type T1. The full-height timber posts along each open front are large and rest in a birds-mouth fashion on upright stones with vaguely pointed heads. The roofs of the linhays are supported by A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars, some of which may be original from the 17th century. The stables and barn have early or mid-19th-century replacement roofs made up of king post trusses. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Barn, Stables and Linhays Approximately 8 Metres West of Thorne receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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