Barn Adjoining Forda House at the North is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Barn, accommodation.

Barn Adjoining Forda House at the North

WRENN ID
ghost-ashlar-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1985
Type
Barn, accommodation
OS grid reference
SX 435 821
Coordinates
50.6181, -4.21335
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located to the north of Forda House, dates from the late 17th century and is partly converted for use as accommodation. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a gabled roof made of corrugated iron at the left end. The front has one large entrance with a timber lintel and a smaller entrance to the left. The right-hand end of the barn is whitewashed and has two 2-light casement windows, each with six panes per light, with the ground floor window also situated under a timber lintel. The barn is included for its group value with Forda House.

Local climate

Barn Adjoining Forda House at the North sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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