Little Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1988. House, former sawmill.
Little Barn
- WRENN ID
- grim-pediment-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1988
- Type
- House, former sawmill
- Address
- Little Barn, Marley Heights, Fernhurst, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 891 299
- Coordinates
- 51.06235, -0.72907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Barn is a former sawmill that has been converted into a house. It dates back to around 1600 and was altered and extended by one bay to the south in the 20th century. The building is timber-framed with exposed framing, some of which was added in the 20th century, and has plastered infill. It features a steeply pitched tiled roof with gablets. The framing includes deeply jowled posts at the north end and a midrail. There are 20th-century casement windows and a large 20th-century plastered and timber-framed gabled porch. An extension with a pentice is located to the east. Inside, the roof has angled queen struts and curved wind braces. During the conversion works, the sawpit was discovered.
Local climate
Little Barn receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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