Barn at Dorewards Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1985. Barn.

Barn at Dorewards Hall

WRENN ID
eternal-brass-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1985
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Dorewards Hall, the Chase
OS grid reference
TL 762 253
Coordinates
51.89867, 0.56035
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Dorewards Hall is a mid-15th century structure that is timber framed and weatherboarded, topped with a red double roman tile roof that is half hipped with gablets. It features five bays and has an aisled design, with a gabled midstrey located at the northwest. There are lean-to extensions on each side and at one end. Inside, the original frame is largely intact, showcasing arch braced tie beams and arcade plates, jowled main posts, and a simple crown post roof that is braced to the tie beam and collar purlin. The arcade plate scarfs are halved and bridled.

Local climate

Barn at Dorewards Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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