Barn at the Gardener's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. A C18 Barn. 9 related planning applications.
Barn at the Gardener's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- weathered-plaster-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at the Gardener's Cottage, Main Street, Greatford, PE9 4QA
- OS grid reference
- TF 088 118
- Coordinates
- 52.69349, -0.39014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century barn located on the south side of Main Street in Greatford. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble, partially banded, the barn has a Collyweston slate roof. It is a single-story, single-bay structure with a central, full-height planked sliding door. Two vertical breathers are present. On the opposite side is a lower door with a flat stone arch. The barn retains a pegged oak staggered butt purlin roof. It is listed for group value only.
Local climate
Barn at the Gardener's Cottage 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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