Small barn, dovecote and stable approximately 50 metres north west of Preedy's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. Barn, dovecote, stable.
Small barn, dovecote and stable approximately 50 metres north west of Preedy's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sharp-rubble-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Barn, dovecote, stable
- OS grid reference
- SP 391 380
- Coordinates
- 52.03969, -1.43016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a small barn, dovecote, and stable located approximately 50 metres northwest of Preedy's Farmhouse, dating from around 1700 with later alterations. The barn is constructed of squared coursed ironstone and features a corrugated-iron roof. It has a door on the right side, two square ventilation holes, and two ventilation slits with diamond detail at the top. The roof structure from the 19th century includes a metal king tie and wooden struts, and there is a feeding rack along the rear wall. The barn has been used as a cowhouse and stable.
The dovecote, which is also made of squared coursed ironstone, has interior walls of coursed rubble and a continuous corrugated-iron roof that covers both the dovecote and stable, with some original thatch still visible. The dovecote features a plank door with a continuous wooden lintel above it and a window to the left, which has a wooden lintel as well. Inside, there are nesting boxes on all walls, and evidence of a former floor can be seen from cut floor timbers. Feeding racks are present on the rear wall, and two rows of purlins support the thatch.
The stable has a doorway that is off-centre to the right, framed in repaired oak with a continuous wooden lintel over flanking windows. The windows have solid oak frames and wooden bars, with two boarded windows on the first floor. The interior features a two-bay butt-purlin roof, and the floor beams are stop-chamfered. There is a small niche in the west wall, and the floor is made of brick and clay.
Local climate
Small barn, dovecote and stable approximately 50 metres north west of Preedy's Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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