Barn Approximately 3 Metres North of Plowsters is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Barn.

Barn Approximately 3 Metres North of Plowsters

WRENN ID
former-lantern-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 2000
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SO 526 704
Coordinates
52.33031, -2.69694
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a threshing barn and cider mill with domestic accommodation above, located approximately 3 metres north of Plowsters. It dates from the 17th century, with some rebuilding in the 18th century. The structure is timber-framed, clad with weatherboard, and includes some brick and render infill, all set on a stone rubble plinth. The roof is slate, featuring raised and partly overhanging eaves.

The building has a plan consisting of six continuous framed bays, which includes a three-bay barn (two of which were widened in the 18th century) and a two-bay former house, with a 19th-century link bay.

On the exterior, the barn has a central carriage entrance with 20th-century boarded double doors. The weatherboard is set on square framing with tension braces and some cleft wattle infill. The link bay features garage doors. The former house has boarded doors and a two-light casement window in the gable end.

Inside the barn, there are three twin raking-strut trusses and a single purlin roof. The 17th-century bay has jowled posts, cambered tie beams, and straight wind braces, which were partly remodelled during the 18th-century rebuilding. The former house contains three altered twin vertical-strut trusses with a single trenched purlin roof and a 17th-century floor in the end bay. On the ground floor, there is a complete cider press in one bay and a cider mill in the other.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 3 Metres North of Plowsters receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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