Barn 50m N of Ovington Down Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. Barn.

Barn 50m N of Ovington Down Farmhouse

WRENN ID
swift-groin-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn 50m N of Ovington Down Farmhouse, Itchen Stoke and Ovington, Winchester
OS grid reference
SU 554 288
Coordinates
51.0562, -1.21005
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century barn located 50 meters north of Ovington Down Farmhouse. It features a timber-frame structure with side walls made of rubble flint and brick dressing, and weatherboarded ends. The roof is covered with old plain tiles and is half hipped. The barn has eight bays and includes an aisle, with a canopy porch on one side and a gabled porch in the second bay from the eastern end. Inside, the barn has a queen-post strut roof, with the western five bays on a lower level supported by posts on old brick piers.

Local climate

Barn 50m N of Ovington Down Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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