Barn 10 Metres East of Higher Wrackleford Cottages at Higher Wrackleford is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Barn.
Barn 10 Metres East of Higher Wrackleford Cottages at Higher Wrackleford
- WRENN ID
- hushed-chimney-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SY 663 932
- Coordinates
- 50.73824, -2.47885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century barn is located 10 metres east of Higher Wrackleford Cottages at Higher Wrackleford. It features walls made of flint and dressed stone, with stone quoins. The roof is thatched and has half hips at both ends. There is a short original porch with banded walling and a catslide thatch roof. At the rear, there is a longer porch with opposing entrances. The barn has two-leaf plank doors fitted with strap-hinges. Inside, the roof construction has been renewed.
Local climate
Barn 10 Metres East of Higher Wrackleford Cottages at Higher Wrackleford receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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