Farmbuildings Comprising A Barn, Waterwheel and Shelter Sheds to the West of Bridge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Farmbuilding.

Farmbuildings Comprising A Barn, Waterwheel and Shelter Sheds to the West of Bridge Farmhouse

WRENN ID
peeling-wicket-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Farmbuilding
OS grid reference
ST 076 407
Coordinates
51.15854, -3.3221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farmbuildings, which include a barn, waterwheel, and shelter sheds, are located to the west of Bridge Farmhouse. The barn dates from the 18th century, possibly earlier, with its walls raised and reroofed in the 19th century. It is constructed of red sandstone random rubble, with brick gable ends and window surrounds, and has an asbestos slate roof. The barn is two storeys high and consists of nine bays, featuring two and three-light openings on the west front and a 19th-century king post roof.

The undershot iron waterwheel, believed to have been made by Chidgey around 1900, was used for milling flour until the mid-20th century. The shelter sheds are attached at the northwest, facing north, and are built of red sandstone random rubble with hipped pantiled roofs. They have a roughly V-plan layout, comprising four bays on one side and seven on the other, with mostly circular piers and some inserted wooden columns.

These farmbuildings form an important group with Bridge Farmhouse to the southeast, and the Church of St Peter and Church Cottages across the orchard to the west.

Local climate

Farmbuildings Comprising A Barn, Waterwheel and Shelter Sheds to the West of Bridge Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 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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