Barn Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Manor Preparatory School is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1966. A Medieval Barn.

Barn Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Manor Preparatory School

WRENN ID
pale-step-russet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1966
Type
Barn
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SU 484 980
Coordinates
51.67909, -1.30042
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, now used as a gymnasium, is located approximately 20 meters northeast of the Manor Preparatory School. It dates back to the 15th century and was originally built for Abingdon Abbey. The structure is made of coursed limestone rubble featuring puplog holes and dressed quoins, topped with an old tile roof that has stone coping and carved finials. The barn has a five-bay plan, with a threshing floor situated in the second bay from the left. The entries have been blocked by a 20th-century door and glazing, and there is a smaller blocked entry in the second bay from the right, which has a timber lintel.

Inside, the barn features a five-bay roof with original windbraces located at the rear right. There are 20th-century lateral iron stanchions and transverse bolted plates for strengthening. The roof includes raised crucks with arch-braced lower collars and upper collars that are halved into blades. A ridge purlin is laid on a solid yoke, and the trenched side purlins have tabled scarf joints. In the 15th century, Abingdon Abbey leased the site to lay tenants.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Manor Preparatory School 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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