Barn at Maplecroft Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1991. A Late medieval Barn. 3 related planning applications.

Barn at Maplecroft Farm

WRENN ID
lesser-obsidian-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1991
Type
Barn
Period
Late medieval
Address
Barn at Maplecroft Farm, Bath Road, Bradford-On-Avon, BA15 2RB
OS grid reference
ST 823 623
Coordinates
51.35996, -2.25423
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This barn, located near Bradford-on-Avon, dates to the late medieval period. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a gabled corrugated iron roof, featuring a plain finial on the north gable, which is stone-coped. The barn follows a 6-bay plan, incorporating a central threshing floor. A long gabled porch is present on the west side. A large doorway is situated on the east side, flanked by shaped buttresses, with a larger buttress to the north.

The interior features three raised cruck trusses, characterised by chamfered arch braces and principals, along with mortices indicating the presence of further arch braces. Two 18th-century collar trusses are found to the south. The design of the cruck trusses draws comparison to the tithe barn at Shaftesbury Abbey in Bradford-on-Avon. Historical evidence suggests the original walls may have been timber-framed, replaced with stone during the 16th century, based on a report and drawings from 1988.

Local climate

Barn at Maplecroft Farm receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Pigeon Cote to South East of No 110 Grade II 52 m
  2. 110, Bath Road Grade II 60 m
  3. Maplecroft Grade II 72 m
  4. Gatepiers and Walls at Maplecroft Grade II 150 m
  5. Gate Piers and Flanking Walls Immediately South East of Lodge East South East of Frankleigh House Grade II 160 m
  6. Lodge East South East of Frankleigh House Grade II 164 m
  7. Gardeners Cottage East South East of Frankleigh House Grade II 189 m
  8. Frankleigh House, Including Terrace with Parapets and Piers Grade II 257 m
  9. Frankleigh Farmhouse Grade II 317 m
  10. Potticks House Grade II 407 m