Spirit is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Tithe barn.
Spirit
- WRENN ID
- gentle-flue-shade
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- Tithe barn
- Address
- Spirit, Church Road, Thame, OX9 3AJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 703 062
- Coordinates
- 51.75055, -0.98222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spirit is a tithe barn, now used as offices and a warehouse. It likely dates from the late 16th century and has undergone later alterations. The building features a mixture of stone and brick at the plinth, with herringbone brickwork and some 20th-century renewal on the lower half of the wall. The upper structure consists of large timber framing with arched bracing and brick infill in various bonds, including herringbone. The roof is a half-hipped design covered with plain tiles from the 20th century. The barn has seven bays and includes double plank doors at the rear center, with irregularly placed leaded casement windows. Inside, there is a double-queen-post roof construction with some windbraces.
Local climate
Spirit 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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