Barn About 50 Metres South East of Buston Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. A C14 Barn.

Barn About 50 Metres South East of Buston Manor

WRENN ID
under-pewter-winter
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 May 1967
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TQ 713 509
Coordinates
51.23163, 0.45286
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located about 50 metres southeast of Buston Manor, dating from the late 14th century and mid 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The barn is timber framed and weatherboarded, standing on a stone plinth, and features a plain tile roof. It is oriented north-south and consists of four timber-framed bays from the late 14th century, which originally extended further north. The missing northern bays have been replaced by two mid-16th century bays. There are front and rear aisles to all six bays, with midstreys situated in the second and fifth bays from the south. The roof is hipped, and there are remnants of porches on the east side that rise from the aisle. The west side has low double doors, with the northern door blocked by a granary.

Inside, the late 14th-century section has four pairs of barely-jowled principal posts, with the south gable end rebuilt in the early 20th century. It features curved passing shores and square-section arch braces. The roof over the third bay from the south retains a sans-purlin structure with collared common rafters, while the rest of the southern roof was rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is evidence of reversed assembly in the aisle on the east side. The mid-16th century bays have gunstock jowls on the principal posts, along with curved passing shores and arch braces connecting to the tie-beams and arcade plate. The roof is a clasped purlin type with diminishing principal rafters, windbraces, and vertical queen-struts supporting the collars. Later alterations to the aisle studding include re-used late 16th or early 17th century moulded timber of domestic origin, likely sourced from Buston Manor.

Local climate

Barn About 50 Metres South East of Buston Manor receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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