Linhay About 50 Metres North East of Nos 1 and 2 Knapp Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. A C18 Linhay.

Linhay About 50 Metres North East of Nos 1 and 2 Knapp Cottages

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Linhay
OS grid reference
ST 050 411
Coordinates
51.16201, -3.35942
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This linhay, located about 50 metres northeast of Nos 1 and 2 Knapp Cottages, dates from the 18th century, and may be even older. It is constructed of red sandstone random rubble and has a corrugated iron roof. The building is designed in a U-plan and features two sections with ten and one bays, circular piers (some with bases), and raking buttresses at the rear. It has a collar and principal roof. The linhay is large, relatively well preserved, and still in use.

Local climate

Linhay About 50 Metres North East of Nos 1 and 2 Knapp Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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