Barn and Linhay Approximately 3 Metres North of Heath Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Barn.

Barn and Linhay Approximately 3 Metres North of Heath Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lost-jamb-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1988
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SX 693 973
Coordinates
50.76114, -3.8539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn and linhay, located approximately 3 metres north of Heath Farmhouse, is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed of local stone rubble with cob wall tops and has a corrugated iron roof, which was formerly thatch. The building has an L-shaped layout, facing into the farmyard behind Heath Farmhouse.

On the east side of the yard, the threshing barn faces west and features large opposing double doors leading to the threshing floor, positioned to the right of centre. There is also a hayloft loading hatch above a small doorway at the rear left. All doors date from the 19th century. The barn's roof is hipped at both ends.

An open-fronted linhay projects forward at a right angle from the left end of the barn. This linhay is unusual in design, consisting of 2 bays for cow byres on the ground floor and 3 bays for the tallet or hayloft above. A large beam with enormous scantling spans the front. The lower timbers appear to be secondary or replacements, while the upper timbers are original and rise through the tallet to support the outer principals of A-frame trusses. The roof over the linhay is half-hipped to the left.

Inside, the barn is open to the roof, which is supported by A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars, and there are smaller similar trusses over the linhay.

Local climate

Barn and Linhay Approximately 3 Metres North of Heath 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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