Barn to West of Smithy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1976. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn to West of Smithy Cottage

WRENN ID
grim-landing-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 May 1976
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to West of Smithy Cottage, Little Missenden Village, HP7 0QY
OS grid reference
SU 921 989
Coordinates
51.68177, -0.66796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn located to the west of Smithy Cottage is a late 17th century or early 18th century structure. It is timber framed and weather-boarded, consisting of three bays with a brick plinth and an old tile roof. There is a wagon entry in the right-hand bay, which features a gabled porch to the south. The barn has a double purlin roof supported by queen strut trusses and curved tie beam braces. Adjacent to the barn is a two-bay stable, built in the late 18th century. This stable is also timber framed, weather-boarded, and has an old tile roof, with stable doors facing south.

Local climate

Barn to West of Smithy Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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