Abbots Leap is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Barn. 4 related planning applications.
Abbots Leap
- WRENN ID
- eternal-bastion-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Abbots Leap, Pool House Barns, Studd Lane, Abberley, WR6 6AU
- OS grid reference
- SO 729 677
- Coordinates
- 52.30754, -2.39858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbots Leap is a 17th-century barn located on Studd Lane in Abberley. Originally listed as a barn to the south of Poolhouse Farmhouse, it is a timber-frame structure, now clad in weatherboarding and topped with a plain tiled roof. The barn comprises five bays and features a central waggon entrance. Its interior showcases tie and collar-beam trusses, supported by straight braces and struts, and cut jowl posts.
Local climate
Abbots Leap receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 6 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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