Main Barn at Renscombe 20 M East of Renscombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Main Barn at Renscombe 20 M East of Renscombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gilded-porch-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1959
Type
Barn
Address
Main Barn at Renscombe 20 M East of Renscombe Farmhouse, Worth Matravers, BH19 3LL
OS grid reference
SY 964 775
Coordinates
50.598, -2.05099
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The main barn at Renscombe, located 20 meters east of Renscombe Farmhouse, is likely from the 17th century. It features rubble stone walls and a corrugated asbestos roof. On the west side, there are two hipped cart porches, with lean-to additions situated between them; one addition has a stone slate roof, while the other two have asbestos roofs. The barn has a roof structure consisting of 10 bays, designed in a tie and collar-beam and queen-post form.

Local climate

Main Barn at Renscombe 20 M East of Renscombe Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% 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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