Granary 40 Metres South of the Abbey House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A C18 Granary.

Granary 40 Metres South of the Abbey House

WRENN ID
pitched-gateway-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Granary
Period
C18
OS grid reference
SY 578 851
Coordinates
50.66404, -2.59834
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a detached granary located 40 metres south of The Abbey House, dating from the 18th century. It features rubble-stone walls made from re-used monastic materials, which are plastered and raised on turned arches. The roof is made of corrugated asbestos with gable ends. A plank door with wooden framing is situated on the gable end, dating from the 20th century. Additionally, there are plank shutters on the east face at a height of 10 feet, which are topped with a keyed lintel.

Local climate

Granary 40 Metres South of the Abbey House 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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