The Priory Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1952. Barn. 1 related planning application.

The Priory Barn

WRENN ID
dreaming-flint-ivy
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1952
Type
Barn
Address
The Priory Barn, Newtown, Bradford-On-Avon, BA15 1NQ
OS grid reference
ST 824 610
Coordinates
51.34839, -2.25305
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Priory Barn, formerly known as the Tithe Barn in the grounds of the Priory, is a late medieval building that has undergone significant alterations, particularly towards the street, and is now divided into two storeys. Constructed from rubble with a stone-tiled roof, the southeast elevation, which faces the garden, features eight bays separated by two-stage buttresses with weather mouldings. There is a single-stage angle buttress at the left-hand corner and a plinth course along the base.

The barn has doorways with "flattened" pointed arches located at the first, third, and sixth bays from the left, with the sixth bay being wider to accommodate double doors. The wooden doors are adorned with nail-heads and moulded vertical strips. Windows are positioned on two levels, including two four-light and one two-light window, all featuring leaded panes, concave moulded stone mullions, and cinque-foiled lights beneath square heads. In the eighth bay at first floor height, there is a narrow internally splayed loop.

Both end elevations are gabled; one has a square ashlar stack at the apex, while the other features a carved saddle stone. The road elevation is elevated above road level, supported by a "battered" stone revetment wall, and includes a "flat-arched" doorway towards the left.

The Priory Lodge, its boundary walls, the Priory Barn, and Nos 1A to 3, which are consecutive, form a cohesive group.

Local climate

The Priory Barn receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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