Carthouse South of Barn at Church Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Carthouse. 2 related planning applications.
Carthouse South of Barn at Church Farm
- WRENN ID
- drifting-plinth-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Carthouse
- Address
- Carthouse South of Barn at Church Farm, Rectory Hill, West Dean
- OS grid reference
- SU 256 272
- Coordinates
- 51.04422, -1.63608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century carthouse located south of the barn at Church Farm. It is constructed with a timber frame and has split log facings, covered by a corrugated iron roof. The carthouse has four bays and a hipped roof. Inside, the roof structure features tie beam trusses with curved braces to jowled posts, queen struts, and a collar with a clasped purlin roof. Rafters are pegged to the purlins and plates. There is a full-width entrance at the east end.
Local climate
Carthouse South of Barn at Church Farm receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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