Barn Approximately 60 Metres South East of Blake House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1983. Barn.
Barn Approximately 60 Metres South East of Blake House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- swift-sill-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1983
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 702 232
- Coordinates
- 51.88179, 0.47194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 60 metres southeast of Blake House Farmhouse, dates from the early 17th century. It features a timber frame, with sections that are plastered and others that are weatherboarded, sitting on a brick plinth. The roof is half hipped and clad in corrugated iron, with two gabled midstreys that have projecting eaves. There are two entries at the rear of the barn, which consists of eight bays. Inside, the roof has queen struts and staggered side purlins, along with arched bracing.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 60 Metres South East of Blake House 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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