Barn Approximately 5 Metres to North West of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Barn.

Barn Approximately 5 Metres to North West of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
solitary-alcove-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1987
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SX 709 825
Coordinates
50.62794, -3.82564
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located approximately 5 meters to the north-east of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of granite rubble with dressed quoins and features a gable-ended corrugated iron roof. The barn was originally open and unpartitioned, likely with a central threshing floor. At a later stage, a smaller room was created at the lower right end, extending up to the first floor height, while the rest of the barn remained open.

A lean-to structure has been added along the length of the rear wall, which is open-fronted. The barn is mainly a single storey, but the smaller room is ceiled. There is a tall cart entrance located to the left of the center on the south-east front, with a wooden lintel, and a smaller single doorway to the right, also with a wooden lintel. The front wall features several irregular small recesses and an owl hole in the right-hand gable end. The lean-to at the rear, which is open-fronted, is supported by monolithic granite posts. A smaller doorway on the rear wall opposes the wide entrance at the front.

Inside, there is a stone dividing cross wall that reaches up to the first floor height. The roof, dating from the 18th or 19th century, is pegged and features straight principals with collars that are slightly set into the trusses. This barn forms a cohesive group with the other farm buildings and houses in this traditional moorland fringe settlement.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 5 Metres to North West of Lower West Coombe Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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