Barn at Leyfield Wood is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Barn.

Barn at Leyfield Wood

WRENN ID
under-courtyard-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 November 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Leyfield Wood, Holly Lane, Ashampstead
OS grid reference
SU 575 763
Coordinates
51.48334, -1.17251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Leyfield Wood, located on Holly Lane in Ashampstead, dates back to the 17th century, with some alterations and additions made in the 20th century. It features a timber frame supported by angle braces, with a brick and flint plinth and brick nogging on the eastern side, along with weatherboarding. The roof is half hipped and covered with tiles, and there is a 20th-century gabled cart entrance that projects to the north. The barn consists of four framed bays, with cart entrances located to the north and south in the second bay from the west. Inside, the structure has queen strut trusses with transverse braces, along with 20th-century purlins and rafters.

Local climate

Barn at Leyfield Wood sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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