Barn at Upper Watchingwell is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn at Upper Watchingwell

WRENN ID
tangled-quoin-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1994
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Upper Watchingwell, Newport Road, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield, PO30 4HZ
OS grid reference
SZ 447 883
Coordinates
50.69339, -1.36818
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid-18th century barn located near Newport Road, Calbourne. It is built of coursed stone rubble with four brick ventilation slits, and has a slate roof. The barn features a central cart entrance that is hipped to one side. It is a five-bay barn with an angled queen strut roof, which incorporates two tiers of staggered purlins and some diagonal braces.

Local climate

Barn at Upper Watchingwell receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
  • 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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