The former Granary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 2009. Granary. 1 related planning application.
The former Granary
- WRENN ID
- eternal-doorway-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 2009
- Type
- Granary
- Address
- The former Granary, the Old Dairy, Fonthill Bishop, SP3 5SH
- OS grid reference
- ST 935 330
- Coordinates
- 51.09682, -2.09328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Granary is an early 19th-century building located to the east of Kingstead Farm, with its front facing south-west. It features a timber frame with weatherboard cladding, and its half-hipped roof, which was originally thatched, is now covered with corrugated asbestos sheeting.
The granary has a rectangular shape and is raised on twenty-five staddle stones arranged in five rows of five. The south-west elevation has a central plank door, while the west gable end has a blocked pitching hole or window, and there is a single-light opening in the centre of the rear (north-east) elevation.
Inside, the granary has a pegged timber frame consisting of three bays, with a cambered tie-beam roof that includes a nailed yoke plate, slightly curved braces, and one row of squared butt-purlins. Many of the original chestnut roof battens are still visible beneath the modern cladding. The lower half of the walls is lined with horizontal boarding, although the divisions for grain bins have been removed.
Historically, the granary appears on the Fonthill Bishop Tithe map from 1838, indicating its early 19th-century origins. It is part of the Kingstead Farmstead, which was built for the Fonthill Estate.
Local climate
The former Granary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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