Barn About 40 Metres South East of Whitensmere Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1991. Barn. 1 related planning application.
Barn About 40 Metres South East of Whitensmere Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rooted-grate-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1991
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn About 40 Metres South East of Whitensmere Farmhouse, CB10 2JQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 601 432
- Coordinates
- 52.06418, 0.33509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a barn located about 40 metres southeast of Whitensmere Farmhouse, dating from the 17th century. It features a weatherboarded timber frame set on a brick plinth, topped with a corrugated iron sheet roof that has gabled ends.
The barn has three bays, with an aisle on the north side and a midstrey on the south side leading to a central threshing bay. The south front includes a gabled midstrey at the centre with double doors, flanked by later lean-to outshuts on either side. The roof at the rear extends over the aisle, which has a blocked central doorway.
Inside, the barn has wall and arcade posts without jowls, while the aisle-posts are jowled. The walls are close-studded with a midrail and straight tension braces, and there are curved braces supporting the tie beams. The purlins are clasped in the angles of the collars and principal rafters, with rafters pegged at the apex. The midstrey features a similar roof and wall construction. The timber frame of the barn is complete.
Local climate
Barn About 40 Metres South East of Whitensmere Farmhouse 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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