Old Barn Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Barn.
Old Barn Hall
- WRENN ID
- ruined-plaster-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Old Barn Hall, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 132 547
- Coordinates
- 51.28059, -0.37753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Barn Hall is a former barn associated with Sole Farm, now serving as a village hall. It likely dates from the 17th century or earlier, although the exterior has been completely altered in the 20th century. The building has been slightly relocated and extended during this time. It features a timber frame that is now encased in modern brick, topped with a red tile roof. The exterior is not of special interest, as it has been surrounded by modern flat-roofed aisles and has a hipped roof with dormer windows added.
Inside, the structure consists of a six-frame post-and-truss system with large jowelled posts and arch-braces supporting the tie-beams. The wallplates are scarf-jointed and reinforced with iron straps. The roof is windbraced with queen struts and hipped at both ends, though it has been ceiled at collar level. The rafters are made of large scantling, and the frames contain carpenter's marks arranged in a series from east to west. The posts also show blocked mortices from former mid-rails.
Local climate
Old Barn Hall 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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