Barn at Smewins, Approximately 40 Metres South East of Nos 1 and 2 (Smewins Cottages) is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1989. Barn. 1 related planning application.
Barn at Smewins, Approximately 40 Metres South East of Nos 1 and 2 (Smewins Cottages)
- WRENN ID
- solemn-portal-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1989
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Smewins, Approximately 40 Metres South East of Nos 1 and 2 (Smewins Cottages), SL6 3SR
- OS grid reference
- SU 847 761
- Coordinates
- 51.47772, -0.78149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century hay barn situated approximately 40 metres southeast of numbers 1 and 2, Smewins Cottages. The barn is timber-framed with some weatherboarding and brick infill, and has a gabled roof covered in old tiles. It has a rectangular plan, consisting of five bays with a midstrey on its east side, in the second bay from the right. The midstrey features large plank doors. Inside, the barn has a queen post roof with clasped purlins, and straight posts and braces.
Local climate
Barn at Smewins, Approximately 40 Metres South East of Nos 1 and 2 (Smewins Cottages) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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