Cow House and Barn About 25 Metres South of Lower Snead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Cow house and barn.
Cow House and Barn About 25 Metres South of Lower Snead Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rooted-steeple-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1986
- Type
- Cow house and barn
- OS grid reference
- SO 737 695
- Coordinates
- 52.32356, -2.38692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cow house and barn located about 25 metres south of Lower Snead Farmhouse, dating from the mid-18th century, with an extension from the late 18th century and some alterations from the late 19th century. The structure is built of brick on a stone plinth and features a tile roof. It is aligned east to west, with the cow house consisting of two roof bays on the west side, while the barn added to the east has five roof bays and a central threshing floor. The cow house includes a band with dog tooth brickwork at the ground floor and a central cow entrance. The barn features a central cart entrance and has walls with hit-and-miss ventilators.
Local climate
Cow House and Barn About 25 Metres South of Lower Snead Farmhouse 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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