Downs House Barn Approximately 10 Metres North is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Barn.
Downs House Barn Approximately 10 Metres North
- WRENN ID
- old-groin-holly
- 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 374 851
- Coordinates
- 51.56393, -1.4608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downs House Barn, located approximately 10 metres north of Downs House, is a stable that dates back to the 18th century. The barn features weatherboard cladding over a light timber frame set on a brick plinth, topped with a thatched roof. It consists of three bays with a central opening and is aisled to the north. The roof is half-hipped. Inside, there are jowled posts that are braced to the tie beam and wall plate, along with a queen-post truss and clasped purlins.
Local climate
Downs House Barn Approximately 10 Metres North 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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