Barn Approximately 35 Metres West of Parks' Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Barn.
Barn Approximately 35 Metres West of Parks' Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-lead-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 707 247
- Coordinates
- 51.89486, 0.47981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 35 metres west of Parks' Farmhouse, dates back to the 17th century. It features a timber frame with plastered walls and a corrugated iron roof. The barn has a central gabled midstrey that includes vertically boarded double doors. It consists of five bays, with jowled storey posts and straight braces supporting the tie beams. The roof has been replaced at a later date.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 35 Metres West of Parks' Farmhouse 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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