Farm Buildings at Thorns Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1988. Farm buildings. 1 related planning application.

Farm Buildings at Thorns Farm

WRENN ID
western-tower-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1988
Type
Farm buildings
Address
Farm Buildings at Thorns Farm, Scredington Road, Aswarby and Swarby, NG34 8SG
OS grid reference
TF 080 405
Coordinates
52.95138, -0.39255
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farm buildings at Thorns Farm were constructed in 1852, with some alterations made in the 20th century. They were built for the Whichcote family of Aswarby Park. The buildings are made of red brick in English garden wall bond of three and feature slate roofs. Originally designed as a single crewyard, they now form a double crewyard with enclosing ranges, which includes a pigeoncote to the west and a barn to the north.

The west front displays single-storey ranges with dentillated eaves courses, a two-storey pigeoncote at the center, and a gable on the left end. It features two doorways and a planked door, all with segmental arched heads, along with a matching blocked window. The first floor of the pigeoncote has a blank semi-circular headed opening, while the inner side has a planked door and the base of a timber flight tower at the ridge.

The barn has a two-storey front with five bays and dentillated eaves courses. It has off-center double planked doors beneath a basket arch, with three wagon openings to the left supported by brick piers and timber lintels. To the right, there is a lozenge-shaped breather. The first floor features three louvered openings and a planked opening, all with segmental brick heads.

Local climate

Farm Buildings at Thorns Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
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