Farm building and attached walls, beside Menmarsh Road, from approximately 40 metres South to 65 metres East of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Farm building.
Farm building and attached walls, beside Menmarsh Road, from approximately 40 metres South to 65 metres East of Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- scarred-bonework-tarn
- 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
- Farm building
- OS grid reference
- SP 577 094
- Coordinates
- 51.78042, -1.16374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a farm building and attached walls located beside Menmarsh Road, approximately 40 metres south to 65 metres east of Manor Farmhouse. The structure dates from the 17th to 18th century and is constructed of limestone rubble with a thatched roof. It features a six-bay plan, with the shelter having three rubble walls and a hipped roof.
Inside, there are five heavy cross beams supported by two posts each, resting on tapering stone bases and set into the rear wall. Rough poles span between the beams and are covered with sticks and gorse, which form the base for the thatch. The high rubble walls on either side are significant to the visual character of the village. The roof construction, likely originally thatched with gorse, represents a rare example of a primitive building method.
The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Farm building and attached walls, beside Menmarsh Road, from approximately 40 metres South to 65 metres East of Manor Farmhouse 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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