Barn About 25 Metres South of Higher Combe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Barn.

Barn About 25 Metres South of Higher Combe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1986
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SX 775 825
Coordinates
50.6295, -3.73329
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located about 25 metres south of Higher Combe Farmhouse, is likely from the 17th century. It is built from granite rubble with a layer of cob beneath the eaves and features a half-hipped thatched roof. The barn has two storeys and numerous blocked openings in the north wall. To the left, there is a possibly old studded plank door with strap-hinges, framed by a 20th-century imitation Tudor door-frame, and topped with a 20th-century pantiled hood. The east gable and south wall feature late 19th-century windows with segmental arches made of red brick and small-paned wood casements. The south wall also has a well-crafted plank door with strap-hinges that opens in two sections, along with a plank door leading to the loft above it. An owl hole is present in the east gable. The interior has been used as a stable since the late 19th century and includes good cast-iron fittings, posts with moulded tops, and partitions with iron grilles. The roof retains some old roof-trusses with collars pegged to the faces of the principal rafters, and there are no common rafters, just thick thatching spars.

Local climate

Barn About 25 Metres South of Higher Combe Farmhouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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