Tithe Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1952. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Tithe Barn

WRENN ID
lone-spindle-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1952
Type
Barn
Address
Tithe Barn, Church Hill, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 027 787
Coordinates
50.60874, -1.96191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tithe Barn, now used as a museum, is a building that likely dates from the 18th century. It features Purbeck stone walls and half-hipped roofs, and is a single-storey structure. Some original slit windows are still present, while new glazed doors have been inserted in the original cart entrance.

Local climate

Tithe Barn receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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