Priory Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. A C14 Barn.
Priory Barn
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-bracket-thistle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Priory Barn, Priory Avenue, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 230 249
- Coordinates
- 51.01888, -3.09899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Priory Barn is a 13th-century structure located down a lane from the north side of Priory Avenue. It is the only remaining building of the Augustinian Priory, which was founded around 1220. The barn is constructed of local stone rubble, with the north end repaired using red brick, and features an old tiled roof. There are various door and window openings made of Bishop's Lydeard stone. The south end of the barn is particularly well preserved, showcasing two 2-light early 14th-century windows that include dripmoulds and plate tracery. Inside, there is a later tie-beam roof. Priory Barn and St James's Vicarage form a group.
Local climate
Priory Barn receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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