Barn to South of Townsend Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1982. Barn.
Barn to South of Townsend Farm
- WRENN ID
- guardian-render-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1982
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to South of Townsend Farm, Oving Road, Whitchurch
- OS grid reference
- SP 797 210
- Coordinates
- 51.8819, -0.84322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century barn located to the south of Townsend Farm, currently being converted into a house. The structure features a timber frame and weatherboard, with the north side having a tall battered rubble stone plinth. It has a half-hipped roof covered with old tiles and an aisle at the rear. The barn consists of three bays and has a central waggon entry. Inside, there are curved braces supporting the tie beams and arcade plate, along with curved wind-braces and queen strut trusses.
Local climate
Barn to South of Townsend Farm receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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