Barn at Coleypark Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. Barn.

Barn at Coleypark Farm

WRENN ID
pitched-attic-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1957
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Coleypark Farm, Wensley Road
OS grid reference
SU 705 720
Coordinates
51.44284, -0.98631
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Coleypark Farm is a very large brick structure dating from around 1619. It is built in brick English bond and consists of six bays. The roof is made of old tiles, which have been patched with other tiles and partly with Roman tiles. The main part of the barn features two rows of vents and a central entrance with a segmental arch, flanked by buttresses. On the south side, which faces the courtyard, there is a projecting gable with a segmental arch over the lintel and lean-tos on either side.

Inside, the barn has a queen-post roof supported by two rows of purlins on each side, with the upper purlins featuring small windbraces. The three eastern bays have been repaired and do not have windbraces. There is a ventilated panel on the east side with a high lean-to shelter. The south wing, which is in an 'L' shape and slightly later in construction, has a smaller central gable with a weatherboarded tip and is partly timber-framed with brick. This wing has five bays and is aisled to the west, with a large shelter to the east. The interior of this wing also features a queen-post roof.

Local climate

Barn at Coleypark Farm receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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