The Barn House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. House.
The Barn House
- WRENN ID
- worn-pier-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Barn House, Hanborough
- OS grid reference
- SP 427 126
- Coordinates
- 51.81119, -1.38188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barn House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 17th century and was extended in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled stone slate roof. The early 19th-century extension to the right has stone end stacks, while the central 17th-century block has brick end and ridge stacks.
The main part of the house has a two-unit plan with a central through-passage, which is now blocked. The central block is two stories high and has a two-window range. It features early 19th-century keyed stone lintels above a 20th-century door, early 19th-century eight-pane sash windows, and a canted bay window with sashes. The two-story bay to the right also has stone lintels over early 19th-century eight-pane sashes, and there is a similar gabled block at the rear.
At the back, there is a mid-18th-century two-story block made of similar materials, which has a brick end stack and an adjoining early 19th-century stairwell. To the left, there is a mid to late 18th-century service range built with similar materials, featuring gabled half dormers and steps leading to a former granary.
Inside, there is an early 19th-century fireplace to the right. The central block has stop-chamfered beams and a stop-chamfered doorframe at the center. There is a stop-chamfered bressumer over the open fireplace to the right, and an old plank door leads to the winder stairs on the left. The roof is a collar-truss design with butt purlins.
Local climate
The Barn House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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