Barn Between Nos 5 and 6 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Barn.

Barn Between Nos 5 and 6

WRENN ID
cold-merlon-merlin
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 Between Nos 5 and 6, Little Britian, Dorchester
OS grid reference
SY 700 904
Coordinates
50.7126, -2.42509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a barn located between Nos 5 and 6 on Little Britain, likely dating from the 17th century, with the northern section possibly added in the 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed Ridgeway rubble, with red brick dressings on the northern part. The barn features a pitched corrugated iron roof that conceals thatch underneath. There is a red brick barn porch on the west side. The southern section has various slits, two planked stable doors with loft doors above, and one large rubble buttress. The northern part includes one red brick buttress. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments suggests that the barn may have been associated with the Churchill family, whose house was located in that area of Fordington known as Britain.

Local climate

Barn Between Nos 5 and 6 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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