Barn 40 Metres South West of Smeetham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Barn.
Barn 40 Metres South West of Smeetham Hall
- WRENN ID
- third-cornice-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 843 413
- Coordinates
- 52.03969, 0.68644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located 40 metres southwest of Smeetham Hall, dates from the mid-16th century. It is timber framed and plastered, resting on a partly original red brick plinth, with some sections weatherboarded in black on the gable ends. The roof is gabled and covered with corrugated asbestos, featuring a central lean-to roof above the large door on the south side. The barn is aisled on both sides and consists of five bays. The roof structure includes crown posts, flat profile longitudinal braces, and single alternate sided down bracing. It has jowled posts, curving aisle passing-braces, and some wall bracing. The barn is situated on a moated site.
Local climate
Barn 40 Metres South West of Smeetham Hall 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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