Barn at Merritown Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. Agricultural.

Barn at Merritown Farmhouse

WRENN ID
heavy-moulding-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1976
Type
Agricultural
Address
Barn at Merritown Farmhouse, Parley Lane, Hurn
OS grid reference
SZ 109 972
Coordinates
50.77443, -1.84567
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Merritown Farmhouse dates from the 17th to 18th century. It features a brick plinth with weatherboarding above and a slate roof. The structure is approximately five bays wide, with old tie beams visible. There are double doors located opposite each other. Merritown Farmhouse and its barn are part of a group.

Local climate

Barn at Merritown Farmhouse receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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