Shepherds Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Barn.
Shepherds Barn
- WRENN ID
- iron-step-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Shepherds Barn, Swyncombe
- OS grid reference
- SU 701 880
- Coordinates
- 51.58723, -0.98819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepherd's Barn is a barn dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It features 20th-century weatherboarding over a timber frame, set on a brick and flint plinth, and has a gabled roof covered with 20th-century tiles. The barn has an aisled three-bay plan that includes a stable or shelter shed with a loft on the left side. The interior boasts a queen-post roof made of heavy scantling, with clasped purlins, braces, and jowled posts.
Local climate
Shepherds Barn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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