Leigh Court Barn is a Grade I listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. A C14 (probable) Barn. 1 related planning application.
Leigh Court Barn
- WRENN ID
- quiet-lancet-ivory
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Barn
- Period
- C14 (probable)
- Address
- Leigh Court Barn, Worcester, WR6 5LB
- OS grid reference
- SO 783 535
- Coordinates
- 52.17938, -2.31808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, likely dating to the 14th century, is situated in Leigh Court. Originally known as Leigh Court Cruck Barn, it is a significant structure, considered the largest cruck building in the country, with a length of 140 feet, trusses nearly 33 feet high, and spans 34 feet. The barn has a cruck-framed construction with weatherboarded walls and a tile roof. The south-east wall features two gabled porches. The main roof is half-hipped. Two cart entrances are located in the north-west wall. Externally, some studwork is exposed, mostly with brick infill, and some original wattle-and-daub infill remains on the north side. Inside, the barn comprises ten bays. Each cruck truss has arch-braced collars with struts in the spandrels, and the tops of the blades are joined by a yoke, which supports the ridge, either directly or via a vertical post. Two tiers of wind-braces on each side include curved wind-braces. Each porch features two cruck trusses. Radiocarbon dating suggests the barn was constructed around 1325. The barn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (County number 308).
Local climate
Leigh Court Barn receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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