Barn in Old Vicarage Grounds is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1984. A 18th century Barn.
Barn in Old Vicarage Grounds
- WRENN ID
- vast-zinc-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1984
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn in Old Vicarage Grounds, Vicarage Lane, Barkby
- OS grid reference
- SK 639 096
- Coordinates
- 52.68076, -1.05534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn, dated 1768, is located in the grounds of the old vicarage in Barkby. It is constructed of brick on a cobble plinth and features a Swithland slate roof. The gable faces the street and includes one narrow door and a blocked window in the north wall, both with cambered brick heads. In the gable wall, there is a 2-light horizontally sliding sash window on the ground floor, along with a blocked window above, also featuring a cambered brick head. The apex of the barn displays the date on a slate, along with the initials W.P.
Local climate
Barn in Old Vicarage Grounds receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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