Barn to South West of Leigh Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Barn.

Barn to South West of Leigh Farmhouse

WRENN ID
brooding-shingle-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to South West of Leigh Farmhouse, Lambourn
OS grid reference
SU 319 746
Coordinates
51.4699, -1.54188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located to the south-west of Leigh Farmhouse, dates from the 17th century and is connected to a 19th-century byre to the north. It features a corrugated iron roof and weatherboard cladding on a timber frame, while the byre is constructed of brick. The barn consists of five bays with a central entry and an aisle to the east that has a hipped entry. Inside, it has queen strut trusses with high collars and double butt purlins, which are supported by wind braces to the upper purlins. The posts display splayed jowels.

Local climate

Barn to South West of Leigh Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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