The Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

The Barn

WRENN ID
other-floor-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1988
Type
House
Address
The Barn, the Street, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
OS grid reference
SU 580 907
Coordinates
51.61268, -1.16234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Barn is a house dating from the early 18th century, with an early 19th century brick encasement on the left side. The building features large timber framing with rendered infill on the right and painted brick on the left. It has a thatched roof with a brick ridge stack located on the left and another to the right of the centre. The structure is single storey with an attic and has a five-window range. There is a central plank door and irregularly placed casement windows. A swept dormer is located at the centre, with a gabled dormer to the right of centre. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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