Barn and adjoining farmyard wall approximately 10 metres to south-west of Old South Heale Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Barn, stable.

Barn and adjoining farmyard wall approximately 10 metres to south-west of Old South Heale Farmhouse

WRENN ID
solitary-marble-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1989
Type
Barn, stable
OS grid reference
SS 566 205
Coordinates
50.9665, -4.04238
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a barn, now used as stables, along with an adjoining farmyard wall, located approximately 10 metres south-west of Old South Heale Farmhouse. It likely dates from the early 18th century and is constructed of cob on a stone rubble plinth, with the rear side rendered. The barn features a gable-ended slate roof, while the farmyard wall is made of stone rubble, incorporating some cob and topped with clay tiles.

The barn is aligned roughly north-south and has opposing cart entrances at the south end, forming the west boundary of the farmyard, which is situated opposite Old Heale Farmhouse. The adjoining curved wall encloses the farmyard to the north.

On the exterior, the east side features a cart entrance on the left with a wooden frame, although the doors are missing. Above this entrance, there is a row of five pigeon nesting holes with slate ledges. To the right, there is a small square window with a wooden frame. There is probably a later stone buttress to the left of the cart entrance. The rear cart entrance on the west side is partly blocked with stone. The farmyard wall to the north includes five cob bee boles and a gateway to the right.

Inside the barn, there is an early 18th-century four-bay roof made up of trusses with straight principals and halved collars. A 17th-century chamfered ceiling beam has been reused as a lintel over the rear cart entrance, featuring a straight cut end at the right-hand (north-end) and mortices for former joists, suggesting that the beam may have originated from the farmhouse or an earlier structure on the site.

Local climate

Barn and adjoining farmyard wall approximately 10 metres to south-west of Old South Heale Farmhouse receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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