Townesend Farmhouse, Barn Approximately 20 Metres North is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Barn.
Townesend Farmhouse, Barn Approximately 20 Metres North
- WRENN ID
- peeling-flue-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SP 622 069
- Coordinates
- 51.75804, -1.09888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townsend Farmhouse barn is a structure from the mid to late 18th century. It features weatherboarded timber framing set on a brick plinth, topped with a Welsh-slate roof. The barn has a three-bay plan and includes opposed central full-height doors and a half-hipped roof. Inside, there is a clasped-purlin roof supported by short curved under-principals. This barn is included for its group value with the surrounding buildings.
Local climate
Townesend Farmhouse, Barn Approximately 20 Metres North 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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