Barn, at Downing Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Barn. 2 related planning applications.
Barn, at Downing Farm
- WRENN ID
- buried-moat-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn, at Downing Farm, Station Road, Swaffham Bulbeck
- OS grid reference
- TL 554 626
- Coordinates
- 52.24003, 0.27451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Downing Farm, dating from around 1600, features a raised roof over the aisle, possibly altered in the 19th century. It is timber-framed and weatherboarded, with a roof that is hipped on the right side and has a gablet at the apex. Originally thatched, the roof was re-covered with buff pantiles around 1983. The north wall likely had two original cartway openings, though one is now blocked. The barn consists of seven bays and has a single aisle. Inside, the arcade posts have jowled heads, with cambered tie beams and cranked bracing connecting the posts to the tie beams. There is additional bracing from the aisle ties to the arcade posts. The roof structure is of Queen post design, featuring collars and clasped through purlins.
Local climate
Barn, at Downing Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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