Barn Oppsite No 5 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Barn Oppsite No 5

WRENN ID
tilted-timber-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Oppsite No 5, Little Britian, Dorchester, DT1 1NN
OS grid reference
SY 700 904
Coordinates
50.71288, -2.42566
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

An 18th-century barn stands opposite number 5. The barn is constructed of ridgeway rubble with red brick quoins and dressings. It has a half-hipped slate roof. A red brick extension, also with a half-hipped slate roof and a hay loft, is attached to the south side. Further south are 19th-century cow byres built of brown brick with brown brick quoins and a catslide roof.

Local climate

Barn Oppsite No 5 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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