Byre with Hayloft Approximately 10 Metres to North of Tong Norton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Byre.

Byre with Hayloft Approximately 10 Metres to North of Tong Norton Farmhouse

WRENN ID
noble-threshold-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 August 1984
Type
Byre
OS grid reference
SJ 793 081
Coordinates
52.67048, -2.30644
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a byre with a hayloft, located approximately 10 metres north of Tong Norton Farmhouse, dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed with a timber frame featuring red brick nogging and a red brick ground floor, topped with an old tile roof. The building has two framed bays on the first floor and stands two storeys tall. The framing consists of square panels with tension braces, and it has exposed queen post trusses with v-struts. The west front includes two openings on the first floor, which flank a boarded loft door that is off-centre to the left. On the ground floor, there are two entrances to the right and boarded double doors to the left. There are nine steps leading to the south that provide access to the first floor entrance.

Local climate

Byre with Hayloft Approximately 10 Metres to North of Tong Norton Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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