Barn to South of Red Lion Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Barn.

Barn to South of Red Lion Farmhouse

WRENN ID
twelfth-kitchen-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to South of Red Lion Farmhouse, Ermine Street, Caxton
OS grid reference
TL 304 581
Coordinates
52.20603, -0.09241
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located to the south of Red Lion Farmhouse, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. Originally timber-framed, it was encased in early 19th-century red brick, with weatherboarding on the gable ends. The barn has five bays and features central double doors facing north. It includes geometric brick patterns for ventilation and owl holes in the gables. Inside, the barn has trusses and a queen strut roof that are intact.

Local climate

Barn to South of Red Lion Farmhouse 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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