Barn at Smewins, Approximately 30 Metres North 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.
Barn at Smewins, Approximately 30 Metres North East of Nos 1 and 2 (Smewins Cottages)
- WRENN ID
- grey-cloister-falcon
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SU 847 761
- Coordinates
- 51.47801, -0.78161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a threshing barn dating from the late 16th century, located approximately 30 metres northeast of Nos 1 and 2 Smewins Cottages on Smewins Road in Shottesbrooke. The barn features a timber frame, with parts weatherboarded and others filled with brick, topped by an old tile gabled roof. It has a rectangular plan consisting of five framed bays, with a central midstrey on the west and aisles on either side. There are large plank doors leading to the midstrey and a waggon exit on the east side. Inside, the barn boasts Queen post roof trusses, clasped purlins, and large curved windbraces, with principal rafters of a consistent size and jowled posts. The timber frame is of good quality and is virtually complete.
Local climate
Barn at Smewins, Approximately 30 Metres North 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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