Barn Approximately 5 Metres South East of Powlesland Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Barn.

Barn Approximately 5 Metres South East of Powlesland Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tenth-step-lake
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 688 959
Coordinates
50.74867, -3.86026
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 5 metres south-east of Powlesland Farmhouse, dates back to the 16th century and was enlarged in the mid-17th century. It is constructed from plastered cob on stone rubble footings and has a corrugated iron roof, which was originally thatch. The barn is oriented on an east-west axis and features large opposing doorways leading to the threshing floor, which is situated north of the centre. Both doorways are fitted with late 19th to early 20th century plank doors. The roof is hipped to the south and gable-ended to the north. Inside, the barn is open from the ground to the roof. The northernmost truss is from the 16th century and is a face-pegged jointed cruck, while the other four trusses are mid-17th century A-frame trusses, characterized by pegged lap-jointed collars with dovetail-shaped halvings.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 5 Metres South East of Powlesland Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 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 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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