Stables and Barn at Countess Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1974. Stables, barn.
Stables and Barn at Countess Farm
- WRENN ID
- pitched-render-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1974
- Type
- Stables, barn
- Address
- Stables and Barn at Countess Farm, Countess Road, Amesbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 153 421
- Coordinates
- 51.17809, -1.78181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables and barn at Countess Farm, located to the south of the farmhouse, were built in 1772 for J. or I. Osgood. The stables are constructed of brick and feature a thatched roof. They consist of four bays, with the bay closest to the house serving as a cartshed, and an adjacent tackroom located before the stables, which has a loft above. The central door leads into the stables, with hinged ventilated openings on either side. The interior has been altered and now includes three double bays with a continuous manger, but there is no feed drop.
The barn, which is timber framed on brick sills, is weatherboarded and also has a thatched roof. It comprises five bays, featuring a central cartway and an added midstrey on the west side. The roof is half hipped, while the midstrey has a hipped roof. Inside, the barn has jowled posts with straight braces supporting straight tie-beams, queen struts, collar ties, and a single tier of purlins with straight wind braces. There are no wall bressumers, and the trusses are elaborately numbered from the south, with the south post to the midstrey opening inscribed with a name and date. This building is part of an important group of later 18th-century farm buildings at Countess Farm.
Local climate
Stables and Barn at Countess Farm receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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