South Dales Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1983. Barn. 1 related planning application.
South Dales Barn
- WRENN ID
- silver-gravel-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1983
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- South Dales Barn, 3, Comberton Road, Barton, CB23 7BA
- OS grid reference
- TL 405 557
- Coordinates
- 52.18228, 0.05432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Dales Barn, formerly known as the Barn at Dales Farm, is a Grade II listed building located on the south side of Barton Comberton Road. This barn, now converted into a house, dates back to 1766, as indicated by the date inscribed on the tiebeam, along with the initials ET, WA, and RA.
The structure is timber-framed and features weatherboarding above a narrow gault brick sill, which may have been rebuilt. It has a long straw thatched roof that is half-hipped at both ends. The barn consists of four bays and is aisled, with an original cart entrance located on the north side.
Inside, the barn showcases jowled wall posts and arch-braced tiebeams. The roof is supported by queen strut trusses with collars, and there is an aisle principal rafter that supports the aisle purlin.
Local climate
South Dales Barn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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