Barn, 8 Metres East of Higher Rockes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Barn.
Barn, 8 Metres East of Higher Rockes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- turning-steel-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- ST 522 333
- Coordinates
- 51.09713, -2.68271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located 8 meters east of Higher Rocke's Farmhouse, dates from the 17th century with some alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble and features a pantile roof. The building has two storeys and displays irregular window and door openings. On the ground floor, there are 2-light wooden mullioned windows and three door openings with plank doors. The first floor includes two hay-loft doors. An exposed rubble staircase is situated on the right return. Inside, the barn retains its original 17th-century roof trusses.
Local climate
Barn, 8 Metres East of Higher Rockes Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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