Peat Shed is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1989. Shed.
Peat Shed
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-attic-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1989
- Type
- Shed
- Address
- Peat Shed, Sherfield English Lane, Melchet Park and Plaitford
- OS grid reference
- SU 281 206
- Coordinates
- 50.98501, -1.60042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Peat Shed at Bowles Farmhouse is an early 19th-century structure. It is timber framed with boarded walls and features a thatched roof. The front elevation, facing south, includes a flanked door and a glazed frame window, while there is a high-level planked access door at the rear. Inside, the roof consists mainly of pole rafters with only one later collar. The current owner recalls that in 1988, when she was a child, the shed was filled with peat to the roof through the high-level door, which was then removed as needed from the front door.
Local climate
Peat Shed receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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