Barn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.

Barn Cottage

WRENN ID
patient-finial-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1986
Type
House
Address
Barn Cottage, Mesh Road, Michelmersh and Timsbury, SO51 0NR
OS grid reference
SU 343 265
Coordinates
51.03746, -1.51161
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Barn Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of brick and has an old plain tile roof. The building is two stories high and has three bays, with an additional left bay added in the mid-18th century. The front features a top-lit window to the left of the center bay, and there is a three-light casement window in each bay on both floors. The left bay is slightly set back and has an ornate rubbed brick arch with a moulded brick cornice above the window. There is an external stepped stack at the left end and another stack to the right of the center.

Local climate

Barn Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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