Barn at Number 59 is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. Barn.

Barn at Number 59

WRENN ID
lapsed-slate-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1967
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Number 59, High Street, Foxton
OS grid reference
TL 411 484
Coordinates
52.11621, 0.05951
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a threshing barn located at Number 59 on Foxton High Street. It dates from the 17th to 18th century, or possibly even earlier. The barn is timber framed and has weatherboarding, with some areas rendered in plaster. It has been re-roofed and consists of five bays with an aisle.

Local climate

Barn at Number 59 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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