Watermill Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Gedling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
Watermill Barn
- WRENN ID
- sunken-frieze-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gedling
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Watermill Barn, 23, Main Street, Linby, NG15 8AE
- OS grid reference
- SK 535 510
- Coordinates
- 53.05401, -1.20281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watermill Barn is a barn that has been converted into a house. It dates from the mid-18th century and has some 20th-century alterations. The structure is made of coursed and squared rubble, topped with a steeply pitched pantile roof from the 20th century. It features stone dressings and a single external gable stack. The building is two storeys high with five unequal bays and is laid out in an L-shape.
On the north side, there is a door on the left flanked by single breathers, followed by another door and three casements. Further to the right, there is a carriage opening with a timber lintel. Above this, there are six breathers and four casements. The exterior also includes a breast shot water wheel from the mid-19th century, which has been restored and is accompanied by a brick and stone parapet wall.
On the south side, there is a large French window on the left, with two casements and two breathers to the right. Above these, there are three breathers and three casements. To the right, there are single-storey additions from the late 19th and late 20th centuries, which have slate roofs.
Local climate
Watermill Barn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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