Barn Adjacent and on South Side of Nos 23 and 25 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Barn.

Barn Adjacent and on South Side of Nos 23 and 25

WRENN ID
sleeping-rood-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Adjacent and on South Side of Nos 23 and 25, Kings Road, Dorchester
OS grid reference
SY 698 902
Coordinates
50.71124, -2.42783
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is an early 19th-century barn located adjacent to and on the south side of Nos 23 and 25 on Kings Road. It is constructed of Portland or Ridgeway rubble with red brick dressings and features a hipped slate roof. The west elevation includes one barn door, one loading door, and three ventilation slits. This barn is part of a group of listed buildings on the east side of Kings Road, which also includes Fordington House and the farm buildings in Athelstan Road.

Local climate

Barn Adjacent and on South Side of Nos 23 and 25 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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