Chestnut Barn, The Old Dairy, The Haywain, Hillside Barn and The Oast House is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Barn, stable, oast houses. 3 related planning applications.
Chestnut Barn, The Old Dairy, The Haywain, Hillside Barn and The Oast House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-eave-fen
- 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, stable, oast houses
- Address
- Chestnut Barn, The Old Dairy, The Haywain, Hillside Barn and The Oast House, Home Farm Lane, Great Witley, WR6 6JJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 747 658
- Coordinates
- 52.28999, -2.37171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of farm buildings dating from the early to mid-19th century. They form two sides of a former U-shaped farmyard, with the barn located to the north and a stable/loft and two oast houses to the east. A former cowhouse to the west was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in the 20th century, and is not included in the listing.
The barn has six bays and two threshing floors, with square-headed openings. The brickwork is articulated to suggest blind arcading, and features full-height semi-circular arches with imposts, highlighting the bay divisions. Recessed semi-circular arched panels are constructed with perforated brickwork. A 20th-century steel-framed extension obscures part of the fold yard elevation. Inside, the trusses have inclined struts and rest on brick spur walls. A 20th-century floor has been inserted into the central bays.
The stable adjoins the barn on the east side and is two stories high, with a dentil eaves cornice and cambered lintels over doorways and window openings. A loft is situated above. The two oast houses are located to the southeast of the stable wing. They are square plan Hereford oasts, altered and now used as calf pens.
The buildings have group value with Walsgrove Farmhouse.
Local climate
Chestnut Barn, The Old Dairy, The Haywain, Hillside Barn and The Oast House 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 — 9 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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