Leighbarn is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1973. Dwelling.
Leighbarn
- WRENN ID
- scarred-niche-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1973
- Type
- Dwelling
- Address
- Leighbarn, Burrough Road, Northam
- OS grid reference
- SS 451 288
- Coordinates
- 51.03839, -4.2102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leighbarn is an 18th-century rectangular stone building located on Burrough Road. It is the only pre-19th century structure on the property and has been adapted for use as a dwelling, now featuring a machine tile roof. The building originally had old timber lintels above its openings, and some former pigeon-holes can still be seen. Historically, this site was home to Burrough House, the ancient manor house where Stephen and William Burrough, an explorer and a Vice-Admiral, lived during Elizabethan times. It later became the residence of the Leigh family. The character Amyas Leigh, created by Kingsley, was said to have lived here, and it was also the home of Admiral Barton in the 18th century. The house was completely rebuilt in 1868 and subsequently divided into two properties: Burrough House and Burrough Farm.
Local climate
Leighbarn receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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