Barn at Grove Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Barn. 3 related planning applications.
Barn at Grove Farm
- WRENN ID
- tired-vault-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Grove Farm, Lower Coombe, Donhead St. Mary, SP7 9LY
- OS grid reference
- ST 900 228
- Coordinates
- 51.00527, -2.14261
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located at Grove Farm in Lower Coombe, dates to 1771, as indicated by an inscription on a tie-beam in the centre bay of the north side. The barn is constructed of dressed limestone and has a half-hipped thatched roof. It is five bays long. The east side features a central pair of double planked doors, with a planked stable door to the left. Triangular-headed ventilation slits are positioned alongside the doors, with raking buttresses on either side. The west side has a similar arrangement of double planked doors, triangular-headed ventilation slits and two raking buttresses to the right. The north gable has two triangular-headed slits, while the south gable contains a blocked opening with a shuttered window above. Inside, the roof structure comprises collar and tie-beam trusses with two tiers of butt purlins.
Local climate
Barn at Grove Farm receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- 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
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