Barn Approximately 10 Metres to North of Jenkin's Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1990. Barn.
Barn Approximately 10 Metres to North of Jenkin's Farm
- WRENN ID
- watchful-obsidian-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1990
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 786 239
- Coordinates
- 51.88562, 0.59431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 10 metres north of Jenkin's Farm, dates from the late 16th century but is mainly from the early 19th century. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, featuring some early brickwork arranged in a random pattern, while the first floor is weatherboarded. The barn has a slate roof and is arranged in three bays, aligned east to west. There is a midstrey on the south side with a porch opposite on the north side. To the east of the midstrey, there is a timber boarded lean-to roofed with corrugated asbestos, and to the west, a brick lean-to also roofed with corrugated asbestos. Note that later lean-tos attached to the north porch and the west side of the building are not included in this listing. The barn has an oak frame with some reused timbers, featuring bolted knees that connect straight tie beams to unjowled storey posts. It showcases primary braced construction, with face halved and bladed scarfs in the wall plates. The rafters are square section with a clasped side purlin roof, and chiselled carpenters marks can be seen throughout. This barn is included for its group value.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 10 Metres to North of Jenkin's Farm 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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