Barn and Cider-House 20 Metres South of Harmshay Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Barn, cider-house.

Barn and Cider-House 20 Metres South of Harmshay Farmhouse

WRENN ID
empty-pier-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1983
Type
Barn, cider-house
OS grid reference
SY 382 993
Coordinates
50.79015, -2.87789
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn and cider-house built in the 18th century, located 20 metres south of Harmshay Farmhouse. The structure features rubble walls with stone quoins and a half-hipped roof made of corrugated iron. It is one and a half storeys tall, with a central barn door raised approximately three feet off the ground, supported by a cill beam resting on staddle-stones. There is an openwork pattern of ventilation holes in brick. To the left, there is a door for the cider house, with a loft door directly above it and small windows to the right. Inside, the loft over the cider house has shallow-chamfered beams. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Barn and Cider-House 20 Metres South of Harmshay Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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