Hay Barn on North Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Barn. 3 related planning applications.

Hay Barn on North Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm

WRENN ID
patient-pinnacle-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1988
Type
Barn
Address
Hay Barn on North Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm, Moortown Lane, Fivehead, TA10 0AB
OS grid reference
ST 378 233
Coordinates
51.00598, -2.88739
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The hay barn on the north side of the farmyard at Moortown Farm is a late 18th-century structure that features a throughway. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick and has a hipped tile roof, with a rectangular layout. The barn includes a semi-circular head throughway at the center, which is framed by a moulded freestone surround and has paired plank doors. On each side of the barn, there are small semi-circular head door openings, also with moulded freestone surrounds and plank doors, along with circular breathers. There are outshuts with hipped roofs on each side; the left outshut has a slate roof and door openings with plank doors. This barn is part of a significant group of late 18th-century farm buildings that surround a barton.

Local climate

Hay Barn on North Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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