The Old Rectory, barn approximately 15 metres south-east is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. A C14 Barn.
The Old Rectory, barn approximately 15 metres south-east
- WRENN ID
- tall-rotunda-yarrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SU 374 849
- Coordinates
- 51.56234, -1.46067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory barn, located approximately 15 metres south-east of The Old Rectory, is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 14th and 17th centuries. It features a weatherboard exterior over a timber frame, resting on a base of chalk, sarsen, and brick, topped with a thatched roof. The barn is designed in an L-plan. The front, which faces The Old Rectory, has a half-hipped roof on the gable wall of the 17th-century wing. The right wing includes 18th-century plank doors with strap hinges, situated in the center of a five-bay range, and also has a half-hipped roof.
Inside, the right section contains three 14th-century cruck trusses with arch-braces to the collar, solid yokes to the ridge, windbraces, and splayed joints to the purlins. The left part features three 17th-century trusses and an additional 17th-century truss at the junction with a one-bay wing to the left. This section is aisled, with a post arch-braced to the wall-plate and tie beam, and includes one queen post and three collar-trusses with side struts. The left side wing has 18th-century plank double doors with strap hinges.
Local climate
The Old Rectory, barn approximately 15 metres south-east receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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