Lower Grinsty Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Redditch local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1974. House.
Lower Grinsty Barn
- WRENN ID
- vacant-spandrel-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redditch
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower Grinsty Barn, Lower Grinsty Lane
- OS grid reference
- SP 023 656
- Coordinates
- 52.2889, -1.96734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Grinsty Barn is a barn and shelter shed that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 17th century and was restored and converted in the late 20th century. The structure is timber-framed with rendered infill on a brick base and features plain tiled roofs. It is arranged in an L-shape, with the barn section consisting of two framed bays aligned east to west, and a framed lean-to at the east gable end. The shelter shed section has four framed bays adjoining to the southeast. The building is part two storeys and part single storey.
The barn has three panels from the sill to the wall-plate and collar and tie-beam trusses with raking struts. The shelter shed has two rows of square panels from the sill to the wall-plate and tie-beam trusses with raking struts. The west front elevation mainly features 20th-century square single-light casements. The gable end of the barn section on the left has windows on both the ground and first floors. The south side of the barn has two ground floor windows, a first floor window, and a lean-to porch with a 20th-century door, along with three skylights in the roof. The shelter shed part has five windows, a glazed door, and a pair of double doors at its southern end. The buildings originally belonged to Lower Grinsty Farmhouse, located about 30 yards to the southwest, and are included for their group value.
Local climate
Lower Grinsty Barn receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% 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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- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1996
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