Barn to North of the Lawns is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Barn.
Barn to North of the Lawns
- WRENN ID
- roaming-eave-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to North of the Lawns, Lawn Lane, Downham
- OS grid reference
- TL 526 842
- Coordinates
- 52.43502, 0.24435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located to the north of The Lawns, dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded. The original roof covering has been replaced with a corrugated iron roof in the 20th century. The barn features four timber-framed bays and has a double opening facing south.
Local climate
Barn to North of the Lawns sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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