Barn to the North West of Cowage Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1951. A C17 Barn.
Barn to the North West of Cowage Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- open-casement-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1951
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- ST 903 861
- Coordinates
- 51.57376, -2.14047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located to the north-west of Cowage Farmhouse, likely dates from the 17th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble, featuring wooden lintels and a gabled stone slate roof. The barn has a cruciform plan, with full height midstreys and half-hipped roofs on the east and west facades. There is a lean-to shelter shed at the south end, which has a half-hipped roof, a window on the north side, and ventilation slits on all facades. The midstreys have plank gates. Inside, the barn features a butt-purlin collar and tie-beam roof structure.
Local climate
Barn to the North West of Cowage Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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