Barn Approximately 50 Metres West of Oak House is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1972. Agricultural building, workshop, store.

Barn Approximately 50 Metres West of Oak House

WRENN ID
stark-terrace-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1972
Type
Agricultural building, workshop, store
OS grid reference
SO 997 908
Coordinates
52.51564, -2.00505
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century agricultural building, now used as a workshop and store, located approximately 50 metres west of Oak House in West Bromwich. The structure is timber-framed with brick infill and consists of a south range and a north wing that extends at a right angle, both appearing to be built in the same style. The east gable wall of the south range features exposed framing in square panels, tension braces, and a truss with a tie-beam, two collars, and side purlins. The principal posts have redundant mortices, indicating that this range once extended further east, a change that occurred before the adjacent barn was constructed. The east wall of the rear wing has had some stud-work removed and includes two wide modern workshop doors. The west wall of the front range and the north wall of the rear wing both contain tie-beam trusses with two collars and V-struts above the upper collar. The interior of the front range is open to the roof and consists of two bays, featuring an open truss with raking struts and one remaining straight brace from the tie-beam to a principal post. The wind-braces inside are slightly curved. The interior of the rear wing was not accessible during the survey.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 50 Metres West of Oak House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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