Barn About 400 Metres South of Manor Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1998. Agricultural.

Barn About 400 Metres South of Manor Farm

WRENN ID
over-attic-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1998
Type
Agricultural
OS grid reference
SY 802 967
Coordinates
50.77008, -2.28088
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located about 400 metres south of Manor Farm, dates from the early 19th century. It features an elm timber-frame construction clad in vertical boarding, with parts covered in corrugated sheet steel. The lower west side is supported on staddle-stones, and the roof is made of corrugated sheet steel with half-hipped ends.

The barn has a rectangular 8-bay frame, with the lower west side resting on staddle-stones. There is a later 19th-century waterwheel pit on the west side. The building is single-storey, and the cladding obscures openings on the east side. The north end has double doors on the left and a smaller door on the right, both made of planks. The west side has a later opening in the centre for a shaft to a missing waterwheel, with remnants of its brick and flint pit, including the head and tailrace.

Inside, the barn has a small scanding 8-bay frame. The wall-posts feature integral shaped brackets that support arch-braces leading to collar-trusses with king-posts above, all bolted together without carpentry joints. The purlins, principal rafters, and common rafters are intact. The wall framing consists of rails and cross-bracing, with long studs applied to the exterior. On the east side, there are blocked double doors in the second bay from the north end and a loft doorway in the sixth bay from the north end. Additionally, a hole has been made in the centre of the west side for later machinery.

Local climate

Barn About 400 Metres South of Manor Farm receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% 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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