Barn Approximately 14 Metres West of Merton Garth is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Barn.
Barn Approximately 14 Metres West of Merton Garth
- WRENN ID
- watchful-rood-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SP 474 121
- Coordinates
- 51.80625, -1.3131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located approximately 14 metres west of Merton Garth, dating from the late 17th century with some alterations made in the early 19th century. The structure is built from coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled shingle roof with moulded caps at the stone coping. It has a three-bay plan that includes a central threshing floor. Inside, there is a four-bay collar-truss roof supported by butt purlins.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 14 Metres West of Merton Garth 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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