Cart/Cattle Shed at Wawcott Farm, 50 Metres West of Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Shed. 1 related planning application.
Cart/Cattle Shed at Wawcott Farm, 50 Metres West of Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fossil-floor-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- Shed
- OS grid reference
- SU 389 678
- Coordinates
- 51.40827, -1.4413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cart and cattle shed at Wawcott Farm, located 50 metres west of the farmhouse, dates from the 17th or 18th century. It features brick walls at the rear and sides, with a timber-framed structure and a hipped thatched roof. This long, low building consists of three main bays, with shorter end bays and a later two-bay addition to the south. The west side is open, supported by timber posts that are braced to the roof ties. One of the main ties has a carved date of 1756. The roof structure includes trusses with simple queen struts leading to high ties and clasped purlins, along with lower butt purlins and curved horizontal braces extending from the wall plates to the main ties.
Local climate
Cart/Cattle Shed at Wawcott Farm, 50 Metres West of 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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