The Barn to Fordhay House, with Barn Cottage, 10 Metres East of House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Barn.

The Barn to Fordhay House, with Barn Cottage, 10 Metres East of House

WRENN ID
carved-jamb-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1984
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
ST 495 130
Coordinates
50.91426, -2.71889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Barn to Fordhay House, with Barn Cottage, is located 10 metres east of the house and dates from the 18th century. It is constructed of local stone rubble with Ham stone dressings and features plain clay tiles over stone slate base courses between coped gables. The building is two storeys high and has nine bays, three of which are part of the cottage.

There are approach stairs to the upper floor on the south side, featuring an 'L' plan staircase with worn stone treads on a brick base and a wrought iron handrail. The east elevation includes two plain casement windows with external iron bars and a plain doorway, all situated below floor level. The three bays at the north end, which comprise the cottage, have 20th-century timber casements beneath exposed timber lintels. The roof structure consists of collar and tie braced roof trusses with double purlins, with some timbers being pit sawn. This barn is an important element in the group associated with Fordhay House.

Local climate

The Barn to Fordhay House, with Barn Cottage, 10 Metres East of House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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