Barn Immediately to the East of East Quither Farmhouse Including Adjoining Leat Aqueduct Pier is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Barn.
Barn Immediately to the East of East Quither Farmhouse Including Adjoining Leat Aqueduct Pier
- WRENN ID
- slow-chancel-evening
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SX 442 811
- Coordinates
- 50.60889, -4.20199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located immediately to the east of East Quither Farmhouse, dating from the early 18th century, with an undershot water wheel in a pit on one side, likely added in the late 19th century. The barn is constructed from stone rubble and has a hipped corrugated asbestos roof at both ends. It features a large entrance on the front right under a timber lintel and a second entrance on the front left, which is sheltered by a corrugated iron canopy. The installation of the large water wheel has resulted in the blocking of two entrances on the east side. The wheel, marked "Langdon of Launceston" on its metal rim, has timber spokes. Adjoining the barn is a tall square stone pier that supported the leat aqueduct. Inside, the barn retains pegged tie beam and collar trusses with two tiers of original purlins. The gearing from the wheel is still present, suggesting that the wheel was likely used as a power source for the manganese mining industry in Quither during the 19th century.
Local climate
Barn Immediately to the East of East Quither Farmhouse Including Adjoining Leat Aqueduct Pier 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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