Barn Approximately 30 Metres South West West of the Close (Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Barn.
Barn Approximately 30 Metres South West West of the Close (Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-stair-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SP 440 012
- Coordinates
- 51.70862, -1.36322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a barn and stable located approximately 30 meters southwest of The Close in Appleton, dating from the 17th century. It features old lapped oak weatherboarding over a timber frame set on a limestone rubble plinth, topped with a gabled thatch roof. The structure has a 5-bay plan, with a stable on the left side of the 4-bay barn. There are old plank double doors leading to the threshing floor, and a 17th-century plank door with a Norfolk latch for the stable. The stable also has a plank loft door with old strap hinges in the left gable. Inside, there is a weatherboard partition separating the stable, which includes an oak stall and manger for two horses, along with a cobbled floor. The roof is a 5-bay queen-post design featuring clasped purlins, arch-braced posts, and windbraces.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 30 Metres South West West of the Close (Not Included) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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