Dales Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage.

Dales Barn

WRENN ID
white-glass-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Dales Barn, 5, Comberton Road, Barton
OS grid reference
TL 405 557
Coordinates
52.18247, 0.05464
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dales Barn is a cottage located on the south side of Barton Comberton Road, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with renovations made in the mid-20th century. It features an exposed timber frame with brick infill and a hipped longstraw thatch roof with a ridge stack. The building consists of three bays and is one storey high, with mid-20th century windows and a doorway in the gable end. Inside, the original trusses, including the tie beams, and some of the wall framing are still intact, although the cottage has undergone significant alterations. It is believed to have originally served as an outbuilding to Dales Farmhouse. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

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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