Barn About 50 Metres East of Bovingdon Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1992. Barn. 3 related planning applications.
Barn About 50 Metres East of Bovingdon Hall
- WRENN ID
- knotted-moat-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1992
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 746 269
- Coordinates
- 51.91338, 0.53767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located about 50 meters east of Bovingdon Hall, dates back to the 17th century. It features a timber-framed structure with a red brick plinth. The walls are rendered and weatherboarded, and the roof is half-hipped, made of corrugated asbestos and iron. The barn consists of three bays and includes a midstrey to the north, with full-height opposing double doors. To the left of the south doors, there is a two-light, six-pane casement window. An open lean-to outshut is present in the northwest angle. The frame is complete, showcasing jowled posts and a clasped purlin roof supported by arched braces. Straight tension braces cut through the studs.
Local climate
Barn About 50 Metres East of Bovingdon 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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