Barn 40 Metres West of Townsend Manor Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1957. Barn.

Barn 40 Metres West of Townsend Manor Farm House

WRENN ID
drifting-lead-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1957
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SU 279 383
Coordinates
51.1437, -1.60199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located 40 meters west of Townsend Manor Farm House, dates from the 18th century and consists of two construction phases. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded and sits on a brick plinth. The two later bays on one side have cob walls, while the end wall is made of brick. The barn has a thatched roof and is designed with five bays in an aisle configuration, with two additional bays added to the right. It includes long mullioned windows and a door in the added bays, as well as double doors in the third bay from the left. The roof is half-hipped on the left side and hipped on the right side.

Local climate

Barn 40 Metres West of Townsend Manor Farm House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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