Crosses Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1986. Barn. 2 related planning applications.
Crosses Barn
- WRENN ID
- tired-postern-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1986
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Crosses Barn, Sherborne, GL54 3NB
- OS grid reference
- SP 154 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83263, -1.77696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crosses Barn is a field bank barn built around 1840, constructed from coursed squared and dressed limestone with a Welsh slate roof. The barn features five bays and has a wide projecting cart entry on the higher side, which includes a pair of plank doors set beneath a broad segmental arch. To the left of the entry are two ventilation slits, with one additional slit on the right, and a square opening under a segmental arch located high to the left.
On the lower side, the barn has an 'undercroft' supported by five segmental arches on square piers. In the second bay, the cheeks are extended forward and rise to a loading entry that is covered by a pent slate roof. Above this entry, there is one slit to the left and two to the right. The west gable features two ventilation slits at different levels, while the east end has a square opening with a segmental head above a single slit. The gable ends are finished with flat coping.
Although the interior is not accessible, lightweight trusses are visible. There is a rough scratch marking 'TF 1858' on one of the jambs of the main cart entry, which likely dates from after the barn's construction. This building is notable for its pleasing design and is uniquely situated across the slope, forming a bank barn, with no alterations from its original design.
Local climate
Crosses Barn 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 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 2 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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