Barn at West Orchard Farm, 70 Metres East of West Orchard Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1959. Barn.

Barn at West Orchard Farm, 70 Metres East of West Orchard Farm House

WRENN ID
shadowed-spire-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1959
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SY 941 807
Coordinates
50.62654, -2.08369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at West Orchard Farm, located 70 meters east of West Orchard Farmhouse, is a detached structure dating from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. It features rubble stone walls and a half-hipped stone slate roof. On the west side, there is a hipped-roofed cart porch, while the east side has a plain cart entrance. The roof is constructed in a tie and collar-beam form.

Local climate

Barn at West Orchard Farm, 70 Metres East of West Orchard Farm House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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