Barn, granary and cowshed to the south-east of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1977. Agricultural building.
Barn, granary and cowshed to the south-east of Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rough-thatch-russet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1977
- Type
- Agricultural building
- OS grid reference
- ST 977 908
- Coordinates
- 51.61689, -2.03398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building complex consists of a barn, granary, and cowshed located to the south-east of Manor Farmhouse. The granary is likely from the 16th century and was converted from a dovecote. The barn is dated 1707 above the north doors, while the cowshed in the center is probably from the late 18th century or early 19th century. All elements are constructed from coursed rubble, with flush rusticated dressed stone quoins on the barn. The openings feature timber lintels, and the barn has a stone slate roof, while the granary and cowshed have double Roman tiles on the south side and concrete tiles on the north.
The barn on the left (east) has four bays, with opposed and central double doors, saddle stones, and bulls' eye openings at the gable apexes. There is a later lean-to to the left of the door. Inside, it has a collar truss roof with butt purlins. The cowshed in the center has two openings to the north and is open to the south, extending along the south faces of the barn and granary as a lean-to.
The granary on the right (west) also has four bays, featuring two doors, one window opening, and a loft opening on the north side, with steps leading to the loft door in the west gable end. The interior likely has a 16th-century collar-truss roof with early type open notch-lap joints at the collars, and doveholes are exposed in the loft.
This complex is part of an exceptionally complete early farmstead, mostly built in 1706-1707 for Giles Earle, the son of Sir Thomas Earle, who purchased the manor at that time. A store-house and animal-house from 1706 stands as a parallel range to the south.
Local climate
Barn, granary and cowshed to the south-east of Manor Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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