Carthouse to Alton Priors Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. A C17 Carthouse.
Carthouse to Alton Priors Farm
- WRENN ID
- veiled-arch-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1987
- Type
- Carthouse
- OS grid reference
- SU 110 623
- Coordinates
- 51.3599, -1.84269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The carthouse at Alton Priors Farm is a 17th-century structure located on the village green. It is timber framed and features a thatched roof. The building consists of eight bays, with five of them being open fronted and three that were enclosed later using corrugated iron. The roof has been extended down at the rear. At the front, there are jowelled posts set on stone bases, along with curved brackets supporting the plate and long curved brackets for the ties. The principal rafters and collars are supported by curved struts, and the framing is numbered.
Local climate
Carthouse to Alton Priors Farm 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 greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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