Oasthouses and Barn at Great Dixter to the North West of the House is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1976. Oasthouses, barn.
Oasthouses and Barn at Great Dixter to the North West of the House
- WRENN ID
- cold-alcove-linden
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1976
- Type
- Oasthouses, barn
- OS grid reference
- TQ 819 251
- Coordinates
- 50.9971, 0.5917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The oasthouses and barn at Great Dixter, located to the northwest of the house, are an L-shaped building dating from the 18th century. The oasthouses are situated at the south end and consist of three square red brick structures that are connected at the roof level, featuring three cowls. The roof is tiled. Adjacent to the oasthouses is a large barn from the 15th century, which is timber-framed and covered with tarred weatherboarding. The barn has a hipped tiled roof and includes tie-beams and arched braces inside.
Local climate
Oasthouses and Barn at Great Dixter to the North West of the House 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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