Barn and Cowhouse Approximately 50 Metres South West of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Barn, cowhouse.
Barn and Cowhouse Approximately 50 Metres South West of Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- eternal-nave-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Barn, cowhouse
- OS grid reference
- SU 250 990
- Coordinates
- 51.6897, -1.63929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a barn and cowhouse dating from the mid to late 18th century, with some minor later alterations. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble and has stone slate roofs, although the lower range (the cowhouse) was originally thatched. The barn features a gabled cart entrance with full-height double doors made of planks, set beneath a wooden lintel. There are nine tiers of pigeon nesting holes and ledges on the red brick gable, and there is an opposing entrance at the rear.
To the right of the cart entrance, there is a lower gabled range that has a plank door with a small window to the left on the ground floor, as well as another plank door above it. A casement window is located at the far right of the main range, and there are square air vents present. The cowhouse, which is attached and slightly projects to the right, has a plank door at the front and infilled openings on the gable end.
Inside, the main range has a double-purlin collar and tie beam roof supported by four bays, while the lower range features a double-purlin roof in three bays, with principal rafters rising from the tops of the walls and slightly cambered tie beams below the lower sets of purlins. There are also inserted lofts in the outer bays.
Local climate
Barn and Cowhouse Approximately 50 Metres South West of Manor Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
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