Barn at Bothampstead Farm, Approximately 35 Metres West of Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1986. Agricultural.

Barn at Bothampstead Farm, Approximately 35 Metres West of Farmhouse

WRENN ID
cold-rampart-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1986
Type
Agricultural
OS grid reference
SU 505 762
Coordinates
51.48252, -1.2732
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Bothampstead Farm, located approximately 35 metres west of the farmhouse, is a late 17th-century threshing barn. It features a timber frame with a hipped thatched roof and is weatherboarded. The barn consists of six framed bays, with a waggon entry situated in the fourth bay from the left. The roof is supported by queen struts, clasped purlins, straight braces, and jowled posts. Attached to the east and at right angles is an early 19th-century barn, which is also timber framed and has a half-hipped roof covered with old tiles. This barn has four framed bays with aisles on both sides and a half-hipped tiled waggon entry located in the second bay from the right.

Local climate

Barn at Bothampstead Farm, Approximately 35 Metres West of Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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