Monk's Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. House. 3 related planning applications.
Monk's Barn
- WRENN ID
- south-stair-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Monk's Barn, 40, Newland, Sherborne, DT9 3JJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 639 168
- Coordinates
- 50.95007, -2.51408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monk's Barn is a stone house located on the south side of Newland, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It is two stories tall and features a five-window stone rubble front, with a later lower addition on the right side. The building has a stone slate roof and includes one hipped dormer. Notable architectural details include a rusticated quoin and a nail-studded door, which is framed by an architrave and a hood supported by voluted brackets. The front also has modern posts and chains. Inside, the barn contains features from the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Local climate
Monk's Barn receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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