Sheltershed at Su 4950 8963 is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Sheltershed.
Sheltershed at Su 4950 8963
- WRENN ID
- hushed-cornice-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Sheltershed
- Address
- Sheltershed at Su 4950 8963, Townsend, Harwell
- OS grid reference
- SU 494 896
- Coordinates
- 51.60348, -1.28682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sheltershed, likely built in the early 18th century, and may include parts of an earlier structure. The rear and side walls are made of cob and brick, with some rebuilding from the 20th century. It features a half-hipped roof covered in corrugated iron sheets and consists of a four-bay range. The roof structure includes a queen-post design, with possible truncated full-cruck truss blades at the rear that rise to the tie-beams of the queen-post roof. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Sheltershed at Su 4950 8963 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- No sale records on file
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